Assessing health literacy in rhinologic patients

Jakob L Fischer¹, Nora L Watson², Anthony M Tolisano^{1

3}, Charles A Riley^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
² Department of Research Programs, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
³ Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD.
⁴ Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, VA.

Jakob L Fischer et al. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr;11(4):818-821.

doi: 10.1002/alr.22733. Epub 2020 Nov 13.

Jakob L Fischer¹, Nora L Watson², Anthony M Tolisano^{1

3}, Charles A Riley^{3

4}

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
² Department of Research Programs, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
³ Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD.
⁴ Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, VA.

No abstract available

Keywords: BHLS; CRS; NOSE; QOL; SNOT-22; chronic rhinosinusitis; health literacy; quality of life.

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