Kidney disease health literacy among new patients referred to a nephrology outpatient clinic

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1080-1086

  Burke, M T ^a,b   Kapojos, J ^e   Sammartino, C ^c   Gray, N A ^b,d  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Mater Health Services   (Australia)

^d NAMBOUR GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Health literacy; Knowledge; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KIDNEY PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLOGIST; NEPHROLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 84925959887     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12519     Document Type: Article

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