Effectiveness of personalized and interactive health risk calculators: A randomized trial

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 594-605

  Harle, Christopher A ^a   Downs, Julie S ^a   Padman, Rema ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

consumer informatics randomized trial methodology; health literacy; risk communication or risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PREDIABETIC STATE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84864219420     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X11431736     Document Type: Article

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