Evaluating the readability, quality and reliability of online patient education materials on post-covid pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of the Internet to access healthcare-related information is increasing day by day. However, there are concerns regarding the reliability and comprehensibility of this information. This study aimed to investigate the readability, reliability, and quality of Internet-based patient educational materials (PEM) related to "post-COVID-19 pain."

Methods

One-hundred websites that fit the purposes of the study were identified by searching for the terms "post-COVID-19 pain" and "pain after COVID-19" using the Google search engine on February 24, 2022. The website readability was assessed using the Flesch Reading Ease Score (FRES), Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL), Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG), and Gunning FOG (GFOG). The reliability, quality, and popularit

SUBMITTER: Ozduran E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9308460 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature