Readability assessment of internet-based patient education materials related to mammography for breast cancer screening

Academic Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 290-295

  AlKhalili, Rend ^a   Shukla, Pratik A ^a   Patel, Ronak H ^a   Sanghvi, Saurin ^a   Hubbi, Basil ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Flesch reading ease score; Flesch Kincaid grade level; Gobbledygook; Internet based patient education materials (IPEMs); Mammography; Readability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL AID; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPREHENSION; HOSPITAL; INTERNET; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; UNIVERSITY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; READING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927690251     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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