Readability and suitability assessment of patient education materials in rheumatic diseases

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1702-1706

  Rhee, Rennie L ^a   Von Feldt, Joan M ^a   Schumacher, H Ralph ^a   Merkel, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FLESCH KINCAID READING; HUMAN; INTERNET; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIAL; PUBLICATION; RATING SCALE; READING; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT OF MATERIAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TOPOGRAPHY; VASCULITIS; WEB BROWSER;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 84884998788     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22046     Document Type: Article

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