Perspectives of people with chronic illness about plain language summaries: a qualitative analysis.

ABSTRACT: People with chronic health conditions tend to look for information from a range of sources. Although information online is accessible, the quality varies and articles in scientific journals are not written for a general audience. Given this, plain language summaries (PLSs) may be a useful source of information, especially for people with chronic medical conditions. PLSs contain reliable information that is written in plain, easy-to-understand language. We investigated the health information-seeking behaviour of consumers with chronic health conditions and sought to understand what they see as important in a PLS with respect to content, design and structure, and the labels used. We conducted semi-structured focus groups and interviews with 19 participants from 6 countries, all with a chroni

SUBMITTER: Gainey KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12008741 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature