 Comprehension
"Comprehension" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The act or fact of grasping the meaning, nature, or importance of; understanding. (American Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed) Includes understanding by a patient or research subject of information disclosed orally or in writing.
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D032882
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F02.463.188.357
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| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Comprehension" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Parker PD, Prabhu AV, Su LJ, Zorn KK, Greene CJ, Hadden KB, McSweeney JC. What's in Between the Lines: Assessing the Readability, Understandability, and Actionability in Breast Cancer Survivorship Print Materials. J Cancer Educ. 2022 10; 37(5):1532-1539.
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Parker PD, Heiney SP, Friedman DB, Adams SA, Dawson RM. The Experience of Chemotherapy Teaching and Readability of Chemotherapy Educational Materials for Women with Breast Cancer. J Cancer Educ. 2021 02; 36(1):47-55.
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Para A, Thelmo F, Rynecki ND, Zelman B, Gupta R, Coban D, Ayyaswami V, Prabhu AV, Ippolito JA, Agarwal N, Moore JM, Beebe KS. Evaluating the Readability of Online Patient Education Materials Related to Orthopedic Oncology. Orthopedics. 2021 Jan 01; 44(1):38-42.
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Kamath P, Zheng R, Narasimman M, Ayyaswami V, Prabhu AV, Hansberry D, Agarwal N, Koch E. Evaluation of online patient education materials concerning skin cancers. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Jan; 84(1):190-191.
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Purvis RS, Long CR, Eisenberg LR, Hester DM, Cunningham TV, Holland A, Chatrathi HE, McElfish PA. First Do No Harm: Ethical Concerns of Health Researchers That Discourage the Sharing of Results With Research Participants. AJOB Empir Bioeth. 2020 Apr-Jun; 11(2):104-113.
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Kim C, Prabhu AV, Hansberry DR, Agarwal N, Heron DE, Beriwal S. Digital Era of Mobile Communications and Smartphones: A Novel Analysis of Patient Comprehension of Cancer-Related Information Available Through Mobile Applications. Cancer Invest. 2019; 37(3):127-133.
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Hadden KB, Prince LY, Bushmiaer MK, Watson JC, Barnes CL. Health literacy and surgery expectations in total hip and knee arthroplasty patients. Patient Educ Couns. 2018 10; 101(10):1823-1827.
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Hansberry DR, White MD, D'Angelo M, Prabhu AV, Kamel S, Lakhani P, Sundaram B. Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines: How Readable Are Internet-Based Patient Education Resources? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2018 Jul; 211(1):W42-W46.
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Hadden K, Prince LY, Barnes CL. Health Literacy Demands of Patient-Reported Evaluation Tools in Orthopedics: A Mixed-Methods Case Study. Qual Manag Health Care. 2018 Apr/Jun; 27(2):98-103.
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Hansberry DR, D'Angelo M, White MD, Prabhu AV, Cox M, Agarwal N, Deshmukh S. Quantitative analysis of the level of readability of online emergency radiology-based patient education resources. Emerg Radiol. 2018 Apr; 25(2):147-152.
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Crihalmeanu T, Prabhu AV, Hansberry DR, Agarwal N, Fine MJ. Readability of online allergy and immunology educational resources for patients: Implications for physicians. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 Jan - Feb; 6(1):286-288.e1.
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Prabhu AV, Kim C, Crihalmeanu T, Hansberry DR, Agarwal N, DeFrances MC, Trejo Bittar HE. An online readability analysis of pathology-related patient education articles: an opportunity for pathologists to educate patients. Hum Pathol. 2017 07; 65:15-20.
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Hansberry DR, Donovan AL, Prabhu AV, Agarwal N, Cox M, Flanders AE. Enhancing the Radiologist-Patient Relationship through Improved Communication: A Quantitative Readability Analysis in Spine Radiology. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2017 Jun; 38(6):1252-1256.
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Hansberry DR, Ayyaswami V, Sood A, Prabhu AV, Agarwal N, Deshmukh SP. Abdominal imaging and patient education resources: enhancing the radiologist-patient relationship through improved communication. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2017 04; 42(4):1276-1280.
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Prabhu AV, Crihalmeanu T, Hansberry DR, Agarwal N, Glaser C, Clump DA, Heron DE, Beriwal S. Online palliative care and oncology patient education resources through Google: Do they meet national health literacy recommendations? Pract Radiat Oncol. 2017 Sep - Oct; 7(5):306-310.
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Prabhu AV, Gupta R, Kim C, Kashkoush A, Hansberry DR, Agarwal N, Koch E. Patient Education Materials in Dermatology: Addressing the Health Literacy Needs of Patients. JAMA Dermatol. 2016 08 01; 152(8):946-7.
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Prabhu AV, Hansberry DR, Agarwal N, Clump DA, Heron DE. Radiation Oncology and Online Patient Education Materials: Deviating From NIH and AMA Recommendations. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 11 01; 96(3):521-8.
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Brown AW, Allison DB. Using crowdsourcing to evaluate published scientific literature: methods and example. PLoS One. 2014; 9(7):e100647.
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