Marli Terblanche|Lesley Burgess
Examining the readability of patient-informed consent forms
primary objective investigate readability informed consent forms icf used tread research private clinical trial research unit located tygerberg hospitalsecondary objective assess difference readability therapeutic areas well difference readability two time periodsmethods readability 84 icfs given patients tread research years 2000 2009 quantitatively assessed means fleschkincaid reading ease fleschkincaid grade level gunningfog indexresults mean standard deviation sd fleschkincaid reading ease score 84 icfs 4660 562 range 332656the mean sd grade level 1213 18 range 83149using fleschkincaid formula 1396 122 range 103166using gunningfog indexreadability grade level 8 found 12 icfs assessedno differences found readability therapeutic areas two time periodsconclusions main finding forms complex understood average study participants families