Addressing health literacy in patient decision aids
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Addressing health literacy in patient decision aids
BACKGROUND Effective use of a patient decision aid (PtDA) can be affected by the user's health literacy and the PtDA's characteristics. Systematic reviews of the relevant literature can guide PtDA developers to attend to the health literacy needs of patients. The reviews reported here aimed to assess: METHODS We reviewed literature for evidence relevant to these two aims. When high-quality sy...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1472-6947
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-s2-s10