Readability of patient-reported outcome questionnaires for use with persons with swallowing disorders

Dysphagia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 346-352

  Zraick, Richard I ^a,b   Atcherson, Samuel R ^a   Ham, Bonnie K ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

Deglutition disorders; Dysphagia deglutition; Dysphagia related quality of life; Health literacy; Patient reported outcome measures; Questionnaires; Readability; Swallowing; Swallowing related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; EATING ASSESSMENT TOOL 10; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MD ANDERSON DYSPHAGIA INVENTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RELIABILITY; SWAL CARE; SWALLOWING QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84866738745     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: 14320460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-011-9373-x     Document Type: Article

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