Screening for low literacy in a rheumatology setting: More Than 10% of patients cannot read "cartilage," "diagnosis," "rheumatologist," or "symptom"

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 359-364

  Swearingen, Christopher J ^a   McCollum, Lauren ^b   Daltroy, Lawren H ^c   Pincus, Theodore ^b   DeWalt, Darren A ^d   Davis, Terry C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

arthritis; health literacy; literacy; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SELF CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 78650419499     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181fe8ab1     Document Type: Article

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