Computer-tailored smoking cessation advice matched to reading ability: Perceptions of participants from the ESCAPE trial

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1577-1584

  Bennett, Kirsty ^a   Gilbert, Hazel ^a   Sutton, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer tailoring; Literacy; Perceptions; Self help; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SELF HELP; SMOKING BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; THERAPY EFFECT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84947489734     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.06.013     Document Type: Article

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