Readability of patient-reported outcome questionnaires for use with persons with dysphonia

Journal of Voice

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 635-641

  Zraick, Richard I ^a,b   Atcherson, Samuel R ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysphonia; Health literacy; Patient reported outcome measures; Questionnaires; Readability; Voice related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DYSPHONIA; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME QUESTIONNAIRE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; VALIDITY;

COMPREHENSION; DYSPHONIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VOICE;

EID: 84865860961     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: 18734588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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