"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.
| Descriptor ID |
D032882
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.463.188.357
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Comprehension" by people in Profiles.
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The Wernicke conundrum revisited: evidence from connectome-based lesion-symptom mapping. Brain. 2022 11 21; 145(11):3916-3930.
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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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Quality Assessment of Online Patient Information for Cosmetic Botulinum Toxin. Aesthet Surg J. 2020 10 24; 40(11):NP636-NP642.
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Impact of Improved Screening Mammography Recall Lay Letter Readability on Patient Follow-Up. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 Nov; 17(11):1429-1436.
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How good are doctors at plain English? BMJ. 2020 Mar 11; 368:m945.
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Brain Damage Associated with Impaired Sentence Processing in Acute Aphasia. J Cogn Neurosci. 2020 02; 32(2):256-271.
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Improving State-Mandated Breast Density Notifications. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 Mar; 17(3):384-390.
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Neural processing critical for distinguishing between speech sounds. Brain Lang. 2019 10; 197:104677.
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Improving Patient Comprehension of Screening Mammography Recall Lay Letters. J Am Coll Radiol. 2019 Dec; 16(12):1669-1676.
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Age effects on perceptual organization of speech: Contributions of glimpsing, phonemic restoration, and speech segregation. J Acoust Soc Am. 2018 07; 144(1):267.