Na Wu, Wei Li, Rong Huang, Hui Jiang
Effect of simulation-based training workshop on obstetric emergency team collaboration and communication: a mixed study
Frontiers in medicine
national institutes health american medical association recommend patient education materials pems written sixthgrade reading level many patient education materials related traumatic orthopaedic injuries meet recommendations purpose study create standardised method enhancing readability traumarelated orthopaedic pems reducing use three syllable words reducing use sentences 15 words length hypothesise applying standardized method significantly improve objective readability orthopaedic trauma pems patient education website queried pems relevant traumatic orthopaedic injuries orthopaedic trauma pems included n 40 unique written prose format 3500 words pem statistics including scores seven independent readability formulae determined pem applying standard method pems significantly different readability scores comparing original edited pems p 001 mean flesch kincaid grade level original pems 100 10 significantly higher edited pems 58 11 p 001 none original pems met recommendations sixthgrade reading level compared 31 775 edited pems standard method reduces use three syllable words 15 word sentences shown significantly reduce readinggrade level pems traumatic orthopaedic injuries improving readability pems may lead enhanced health literacy improved health outcomes