The influence of text characteristics on perceived and actual difficulty of health information

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 438-449

  Leroy, Gondy ^a   Helmreich, Stephen ^b   Cowie, James R ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication barrier; Comprehension; Consumer health information; Linguistics; Perceived difficulty; Readability; Retention; Understanding

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; PERCEIVED DIFFICULTY; READABILITY; RETENTION; UNDERSTANDING;

SEMANTICS;

LINGUISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955877458     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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