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## Introduction: The internet is an increasingly important resource for patients seeking health-related information. because of this trend, the american medical association (ama) and national institutes of health (nih) recommend that online patient education materials (pems) be written between a third and seventh grade level. the present study evaluates the readability levels of ophthalmological pems provided by five major academic hospitals, quantifies the availability of accompanying videos and graphics, and examines the extent to which readability may be increased. ## Methods: In march 2021, 397 pems from five major academic hospitals were extracted for subsequent analysis by seven validated readability assessments. the presence of an accompanying video or graphic was noted. statistical significance was assessed using the kruskal-wallis test with dunn's multiple comparisons test and the chi-square test. ## Results: Nearly all articles were written above the recommended reading level of 7 grade. after averaging the scales for each article, the median grade level was 11.7 (interquartile range [iqr], 10.7-12.7). the pems with the highest median reading level were provided by the jo

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Author

Parth A. Patel; Rhea Gopali; Anvith Reddy; Kajol K. Patel

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)