Assessing the Readability of Online Patient Education Materials in Obstetrics and Gynecology Using Traditional Measures: Comparative Analysis and Limitations

• Main Authors: Anunita Nattam (Author), Tripura Vithala (Author), Tzu-Chun Wu (Author), Shwetha Bindhu (Author), Gregory Bond (Author), Hexuan Liu (Author), Amy Thompson (Author), Danny T Y Wu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundPatient education materials (PEMs) can be vital sources of information for the general population. However, despite American Medical Association (AMA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) recommendations to make PEMs easier to read for patients with low health literacy, they often do no...