Readability assessment of internet-based patient education materials related to facial fractures

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1943-1948

  Sanghvi, Saurin ^a   Cherla, Deepa V ^a   Shukla, Pratik A ^a,b   Eloy, Jean Anderson ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RWJ Barnabas Health   (United States)

Author keywords

facial fractures; Flesch Reading Ease Score; Flesch Kincaid; Gobbledygook; Gunning Frequency of Gobbledygook; health literacy; Internet based patient education material; maxillofacial trauma; patient education material; Readability

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FLESCH KINCAID GRADE LEVEL; FLESCH READING EASE SCORE; GUNNING FREQUENCY OF GOBBLEDYGOOK; HUMAN; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMPLE MEASURE OF GOBBLEDYGOOK; STUDENT T TEST; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SKULL FRACTURES; TEACHING MATERIALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865645640     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23424     Document Type: Article

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