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Favourable understandability, but poor actionability: An evaluation of online type 2 diabetes risk calculators

Michael Anthony Fajardo1, Guy Balthazaar2, Alexandra Zalums2

  • 1The University of Sydney, School of Public Health, Sydney, Australia; The University of Sydney, Ask, Share, Know: Rapid Evidence for General Practice Decision (ASK-GP), Centre for Research Excellence, Discipline of General Practice, The University of Sydney, Australia.

Patient Education and Counseling
|November 4, 2018
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Keywords:
Diabetes mellitusDiabetes preventionHealth literacyPatient educationRisk assessmentRisk calculatorsRisk communication

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