Associations between working memory, health literacy, and recall of the signs of stroke among older adults

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 236-243

  Ganzer, Christine A ^a   Insel, Kathleen C ^b   Ritter, Leslie S ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Older adults; Recall; Stroke; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PUBLICATION; RECALL; SELF EVALUATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NEW YORK CITY; PAMPHLETS; STROKE;

EID: 84868621373     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JNN.0b013e3182666231     Document Type: Article

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