Ka Kei Iong, Em Bould, Aislinn Lalor, Libby Callaway
Australian occupational therapists' knowledge of the purpose, scope, and funding of assistance dogs
Australian occupational therapy journal
past research western context found people dementia search digital dementia information peerreviewed medical research articles dementia advocacy medical organizations blogs written people dementia past work also demonstrated people dementia perceive english digital dementia information emotionally cognitively accessible study sought investigate readability linguistic psychological emotional characteristics target audiences digital dementia information conducted textual analysis 3 different types textbased digital dementia information written english 300 medical articles 35 websites 50 blogs assessed texts readability using flesch reading ease fleschkincaid grade level measurements well tone analytical thinking clout authenticity word frequencies using natural language processing tool linguistic inquiry word count generator also conducted thematic analysis categorize target audiences information source used categorizations statistical analysis median fleschkincaid grade level readability score flesch reading ease score types information n1139 121 386 respectively revealing readability scores 3 information types higher minimum requirement found medical articles significantly p05 higher word count analytical thinking scores well significantly lower clout authenticity emotional tone scores websites blogs blogs significantly p48 higher word count authenticity scores lower analytical scores websites using thematic analysis found blogs 156227 687 web pages 399612 652 targeted people dementia website information targeted general audience significantly lower readability scores addition website information targeted people dementia higher word count lower emotional tone ratings information websites targeted caregivers significantly higher clout lower authenticity scores findings indicate abundance digital dementia information written english targeted people dementia information readable general audience problematic considering people 12 years education higher risk developing dementia findings demonstrate digital dementia information written english negative tone may contributing factor mental health crisis many people dementia face receiving diagnosis therefore call content creators lower readability scores make information accessible general audience focus efforts providing information way perpetuate overly negative narratives dementia