Abdullah Alper ?ahin|Mehmet Akif Boz|Tolga Keçeci|Ahmet Ünal|Alper Ç?rakl?
Readability and quality levels of websites that contain written information about anterior cruciate ligament injury: A survey of Turkish websites
Ordu University|Turgut Özal University|Ordu University|Sivas State Hospital|Ordu University
study aimed evaluate contents readability levels informative texts anterior cruciate ligament acl turkish websitesin crosssectional study online searches performed using google yandex yahoo search engines 16 17 18 november 2020 respectively three search engines anterior cruciate ligament anterior cruciate ligament surgery acl acl surgery entered turkish first 10 pages search websites collected websites divided 3 groups according sources group 1 classified websites prepared private hospitals medical centers group 2 individual websites orthopedics traumatology physicians group 3 nonprofit websites providing general health information fall two groups websites analyzed based website interface specific content scoring guide two reviewers flesch kincaid fk grade level flesch reading ease fre score used determine readability information websiteseightyfive unique websites evaluated mean quality score websites 104 45 maximum score 25 range321 significant difference quality score found groups mean fk grade score websites 112 17 range79153 mean fre score websites 468 77 range241637 statistically significant differences fk grade fre score found groups although 59 websites 69 thirdparty seal indicating certification one organizations established provide standard health information internet 21 websites 25 updated year searchthe readability level informative texts acl turkish websites educational level turkey addition quality score turkish websites related acl low content informative texts organized taking account patients literacy level