Development and validation of a low-literacy Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease knowledge Questionnaire (COPD-Q)

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-22

  Maples, Paula ^a   Franks, Andrea ^b,c   Ray, Shaunta' ^b,c   Stevens, Amy Barger ^c   Wallace, Lorraine S ^c  

^a Parkwest Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Knowledge questionnaire; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

AGED; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 77955928002     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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