Assessing health literacy in urban patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators and pacemakers

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 428-434

  Hickey, Kathleen T ^a   Sciacca, Robert R ^a   Gonzalez, Paul ^b   Castillo, Carmen ^a   Frulla, Ashton ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac; health literacy; implantable cardioverter defibrillators; pacemakers; underserved populations; urban populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84940459854     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000184     Document Type: Article

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