Readability and understandability of online vocal cord paralysis materials

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 460-464

  Balakrishnan, Vini ^a   Chandy, Zachariah ^a   Hseih, Amy ^a   Bui, Thanh Lan ^a   Verma, Sunil P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; patient education; patient education materials; PEMAT; readability; readability formula; understandability; vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIAL; READING; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; HEALTH LITERACY; PATIENT EDUCATION; TEACHING;

COMPREHENSION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; READING; TEACHING MATERIALS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 84959285153     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599815626146     Document Type: Article

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