Readability and quality assessment of internet-based patient education materials related to nasal septoplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given that nasal septoplasty is a common procedure in otolaryngology - head and neck surgery, the objective of this study was to evaluate the quality and readability of online patient education materials on septoplasty.

Methods

A Google search was performed using eight different search terms related to septoplasty. Six different tools were used to assess the readability of included patient education materials. These included the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Flesch Reading Ease, Gunning-Fog Index, Simple Measure of Gobbledygook Index, Coleman-Liau Index, and Automated Readability Index. The DISCERN tool was used to assess quality and reliability.

Results

Eighty-five online patient education materials were included. The average Flesch-Reading Ease score for al

SUBMITTER: Grose EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7970817 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature