Health literacy in patients referred for transplant: Do patients have the capacity to understand?

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 336-342

  Miller Matero, Lisa R ^a   Hyde Nolan, Maren E ^a   Eshelman, Anne ^a   Abouljoud, Marwan ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Health literacy; Math ability; Psychosocial; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; READING; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927913590     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12519     Document Type: Article

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