Assessment of colon cancer literacy in screening colonoscopy patients: A validation study

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-226

  Pendlimari, Rajesh ^a   Holubar, Stefan D ^b   Hassinger, James P ^c   Cima, Robert R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACCL; cancer specific education; colon cancer; health literacy; patient assessment; patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF COLON CANCER LITERACY TEST; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWEST VITAL SIGN TEST; NURSE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84860781019     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.04.036     Document Type: Article

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