Tomasz Szmuda|Cathrine Özdemir|Shehzad Ali|Akshita Singh|Mohammad Talha Syed|Pawe? S?oniewski
Readability of online patient education material for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a cross-sectional health literacy study
Gda?sk Medical University|Gda?sk Medical University|Gda?sk Medical University|Gda?sk Medical University|Gda?sk Medical University|Gda?sk Medical University
internet become one important resources general population searching healthcare information however information available always suitable readers difficult readability sought assess readability online information regarding novel coronavirus disease covid19 establish whether follow patient educational information reading level recommendations crosssectional study searched five key terms google first 30 results searches considered analysis five validated readability tests utilized establish reading level article 150 gathered articles 61 met inclusion criteria evaluated none 0 articles met recommended 5th 6th grade reading level 1112yearold mean readability scores flesch reading ease 4414 fleschkincaid grade level 1204 gunningfog index 1427 simple measure gobbledygook smog index 1071 colemanliau index 1269 online educational articles covid19 provide information difficult read general population readability articles regarding covid19 diseases needs improve general population may understand health information better may respond adequately protect limit spread infection