Pain awareness and medication knowledge: A health literacy evaluation

Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-27

  Devraj, Radhika ^a   Herndon, Christopher M ^a   Griffin, Jake ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b CVS Caremark   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Medication knowledge; Pain awareness; Pain self management

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONNEL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITAL SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84875646333     PISSN: 15360288     EISSN: 15360539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15360288.2012.751955     Document Type: Article

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