Rafael Kakazu|Adam P. Schumaier|Chelsea E. Minoughan|Brian M. Grawe
Poor Readability of AOSSM Patient Education Resources and Opportunities for Improvement
University of Cincinnati|University of Cincinnati Medical Center|University of Cincinnati|University of Cincinnati Medical Center|University of Cincinnati|University of Cincinnati Medical Center|University of Cincinnati|University of Cincinnati Medical Center
appropriate education disease processes associated orthopaedic pathology affect patient expectations functional outcomepatient education resources american orthopaedic society sports medicine aossm complex comprehension average orthopaedic patientcrosssectional studypatient education resources provided aossm analyzed software provided 10 readability scores well opportunities improving readability readability scores compared recommended eighthgrade reading levela total 39 patient education resources identified evaluated mean sd reading gradelevel scores follows colemanliau index 125 111 new dalechall readability formula 109 137 fleschkincaid grade level 99 106 forcast readability formula 114 051 fry readability formula 128 279 gunning fog index 119 137 raygor readability index 131 237 simple measure gobbledygook 123 090 automated readability index 112 118 new automated readability index 106 127 averaging reading gradelevel scores 1 patient education resource found written 8th 9thgrade level 14 36 written 12thgrade level scores significantly different eighthgrade level p 0065 percentage complex words long words 196 267 414 318 respectivelypatient education resources provided aossm significantly higher reading level recommended simple changes drastically improve scores increase health literacy possibly outcome