Poor Readability of Written Asthma Management Plans Found in National Guidelines
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Poor readability of written asthma management plans found in national guidelines.
OBJECTIVE Written asthma management plans (WAMPs) for patients constitute a key component of current national asthma guidelines, but it is not known whether these plans meet the readability standards (of fifth-grade level or lower) recommended by health education experts. The objective of this study was to assess whether WAMPs presented in national guidelines are written at or below a fifth-gra...
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عنوان ژورنال: PEDIATRICS
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.109.4.e52