Table 1 Website readability and content
From: Evaluating on-line health information for patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: a descriptive study
Variable | Measure | n (%) meeting criteriaa |
|---|---|---|
Readability | The Flesch Reading Ease Readability | Mean (SD): 48 (15) |
SMOG Readability | Mean (SD): 10 (2) | |
Content | Epidemiology | 23 (44) |
Aetiology | 33 (63) | |
Symptoms | 49 (94) | |
Signs | 46 (88) | |
Investigations | 39 (75) | |
Criteria for diagnosis | 28 (54) | |
Management | 50 (96) | |
Prognosis | 16 (31) | |
Differential diagnosis | 12 (23) | |
Is the content of the website accurate, to your knowledge? | 45 (87) |