Akhil Kher|Sandra Johnson|Robert Griffith
Readability Assessment of Online Patient Education Material on Congestive Heart Failure
Commonwealth Medical College|Commonwealth Medical College|Commonwealth Medical College
online health information used ubiquitously general population however information typically favors small percentage readers result suboptimal medical outcomes patientsthe readability online patient education materials regarding topic congestive heart failure assessed six readability assessment toolsthe search phrase congestive heart failure employed search engine google first 100 websites 70 included attending compliance selection exclusion criteria assessed six readability assessment toolsonly 5 70 websites within limits recommended sixthgrade readability level mean readability scores follows fleschkincaid grade level 979 gunningfog score 1195 colemanliau index 1517 simple measure gobbledygook smog index 1139 flesch reading ease 4887most analyzed websites found sixthgrade readability level recommendations efforts need made better tailor online patient education materials general population