The readability of online English and Spanish patient education materials on anaesthesia for orthopaedic surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the increasing utilisation of regional anaesthesia for orthopaedic procedures, it is imperative that related online patient education materials (PEMs) be easily retrievable, comprehensive, and readable by the general population, irrespective of the language they are written in. Therefore, we compared the readability levels of online PEMs available in English and Spanish for anaesthesia related to total hip, knee, and shoulder joint replacements.

Methods

Six pairs (English and Spanish) of search terms were entered into Google and used to identify relevant online PEMs. Results for English search terms were analysed for readability using the Flesch Reading Ease (FRE), Fry Graph (FG), Simple Measures of Gobbledygook (SMOG) Index, and Gunning Fog Index scores, and

SUBMITTER: Restrepo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11995111 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature