Brief health literacy screening items predict Newest Vital Sign scores

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 558-565

  Stagliano, Vanessa ^a   Wallace, Lorraine S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Newest vital sign; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HIGH SCHOOL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; VITAL SIGN; VITAL SIGN SCORE;

HEALTH LITERACY; NEWEST VITAL SIGN; SCREENING;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84883675754     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.05.130096     Document Type: Article

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