Journal article
Assessing reading levels of health information: uses and limitations of flesch formula
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Written health information is commonly used by health-care professionals (HCPs) to inform and assess patients in clinical practice. With growing self-management of many health conditions and increased information seeking behavior among patients, there is a greater stress on HCPs and researchers to develop and implement readable and understandable health information. Readability formulas such as Flesch Reading Ease (FRE) and …
Authors
Jindal P; MacDermid JC
Journal
Education for Health, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 84–88
Publisher
The Network: Towards Unity for Health
Publication Date
2017
DOI
10.4103/1357-6283.210517
ISSN
1357-6283