Assessing the readability and patient comprehension of rheumatology medicine information sheets: a cross-sectional Health Literacy Study

OBJECTIVES: Patients are often provided with medicine information sheets (MIS). However, up to 60% of patients have low health literacy. The recommended readability level for health-related information is ≤grade 8. We sought to assess the readability of MIS given to patients by rheumatologists in Au...

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Autores principales: Oliffe, Michael, Thompson, Emma, Johnston, Jenny, Freeman, Dianne, Bagga, Hanish, Wong, Peter K K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
Materias:
Rheumatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6377552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30813117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024582

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6377552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30813117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024582

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