Balance appointment information leaflets: Employing performance-based user-testing to improve understanding

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 162-168

  Brooke, Ruth E ^a   Herbert, Nicholas C ^a   Isherwood, Sarah ^a   Knapp, Peter ^b   Raynor, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance assessment appointment; Health literacy; Patient information leaflets

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPREHENSION; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; VERTIGO; WRITING;

AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMPREHENSION; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; VERTIGO; WRITING;

EID: 84873910649     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2012.745200     Document Type: Article

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