A readability assessment of online stroke information

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1362-1367

  Sharma, Nikhil ^a   Tridimas, Andreas ^a   Fitzsimmons, Paul R ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet; literacy; online; readability; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DYSLEXIA; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEARCH ENGINE; SIMPLE MEASURE OF GOBBLEDYGOOK; COMPREHENSION; PATIENT EDUCATION;

COMPREHENSION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; READING; STROKE;

EID: 84902449158     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.11.017     Document Type: Article

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