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SUBMITTER: Rooney MK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8205335 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rooney Michael K MK Santiago Gaia G Perni Subha S Horowitz David P DP McCall Anne R AR Einstein Andrew J AJ Jagsi Reshma R Golden Daniel W DW
Journal of patient experience 20210303
Comprehensive patient education is necessary for shared decision-making. While patient-provider conversations primarily drive patient education, patients also use published materials to enhance their understanding. In this investigation, we evaluated the readability of 2585 patient education materials published in high-impact medical journals from 1998 to 2018 and compared our findings to readability recommendations from national groups. For all materials, mean readability grade levels ranged fr ...[more]