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was a provenly effective way of improving provider-patient interaction and health outcomes [9-14] and the use of Talking Touchscreens (TT) was proven to be an effective way of increasing the ability of low literacy patients to complete health-related questionnaires [15-26]. Therefore, the researchers in the current research project wanted to adapt the most frequently used questionnaire in Dutch physical therapy practice and add TT technology to it in a way which would support Dutch and Turkish physical therapy patients, to explicate symptoms, limitations and treatment goals during the diagnostic phase of their physical therapy treatment process.
Figure 5.1 Conceptual model of causal pathways between limited health literacy and health outcomes [8]
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