Byung-Kweon Chang
Examining the Degree of Changes in Korean Elementary Schools' Physical Activity Promotion System Grades amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
Iranian journal of public health
research compared contrasted handscoring computerized methods evaluating grade level patient education materials distributed academic medical center east tennessee sought determine materials adhered american medical associations amas recommended reading level sixth grade librarians academic medical center located heart appalachian tennessee initiated assessment 150 used printed patient education materials based fleschkincaid fk scoring rubric 2 150 documents excluded statistical comparisons due absence text images researchers assessed remaining 148 documents using handscored simple measure gobbledygook smog method computerized fk grade level method smog 3 independent reviewers handscored 150 documents fk documents analyzed using microsoft word reading grade levels scores entered database statistical analysis interrater reliability calculated using intraclass correlation coefficients icc paired ttests used compare readability means acceptable interrater reliability found smog icc095 148 documents assessed smog produced significantly higher mean reading grade level m96 sd13 fk m65 sd13 p0001 additionally using smog method assessment 147 148 documents 993 scored amas recommended reading level sixth grade computerized health literacy assessment tools used many national patient education material providers might representative actual reading grade levels patient education materials problematic regions like appalachia materials may comprehensible areas lowliteracy patients medical librarians potential advance role patient education better serve patient populations