Readability of Online Patient Education Materials for Congenital Hand Differences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of the study is to assess the readability of online patient education materials (PEMs) for congenital hand differences.

Methods

The top 10 online, English-language PEMs for 10 conditions (polydactyly, syndactyly, trigger finger/thumb, clinodactyly, camptodactyly, symbrachydactyly, thumb hypoplasia, radial dysplasia, reduction defect, and amniotic band syndrome) were compiled and categorized by source and country. Readability was assessed using 5 tools: Flesch Reading Ease Score (FRES), Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL), Gunning Fog Index (GFI), Coleman-Liau Index (CLI), and Simple Measure of Gobbledygook Index (SMOG). To account for the potential effect of each condition's name in the aforementioned formulas, the analysis was repeated after replacing the n

SUBMITTER: Baldwin AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11483827 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature