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The Readability of Online Patient Resources for Skin Cancer Treatment

The Readability of Online Patient Resources for Skin Cancer Treatment Oncol Ther (2017) 5:149–160 DOI 10.1007/s40487-017-0051-5 ORIGINAL RESEARCH The Readability of Online Patient Resources for Skin Cancer Treatment . . . . Thomas Dobbs Giles Neal Hayley A. Hutchings Iain S. Whitaker James Milton Received: April 18, 2017 / Published online: October 10, 2017 The Author(s) 2017. This article is an open access publication health inequality. We therefore identified the ABSTRACT most frequently accessed online patient-orien- tated information relating to skin cancer treat- Introduction: Treatment options for skin can- ment and assessed their readability. cer vary and to help facilitate the deci- Methods: The top 10 non-sponsored websites sion-making process many patients will look to for skin cancer treatment information were online resources. However, general literacy identified. Text was analyzed with a set of levels in the population are low, making many readability formulae, including SMOG, Flesch of these online sources unreadable, worsening Reading Ease and the Coleman-Liao Index. While there are limitations to these formulae, especially when used in the medical literature, they provide a standardized measure of read- ability across a number of different sources. Enhanced content To view enhanced content for this Results: All websites were found to have a article go to http://www.medengine.com/Redeem/ 980CF06052324A25. readability http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Oncology and Therapy Springer Journals

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Abstract

Oncol Ther (2017) 5:149–160 DOI 10.1007/s40487-017-0051-5 ORIGINAL RESEARCH The Readability of Online Patient Resources for Skin Cancer Treatment . . . . Thomas Dobbs Giles Neal Hayley A. Hutchings Iain S. Whitaker James Milton Received: April 18, 2017 / Published online: October 10, 2017 The Author(s) 2017. This article is an open access publication health inequality. We therefore identified the ABSTRACT most frequently accessed online patient-orien- tated information relating to skin cancer treat- Introduction: Treatment options for skin can- ment and assessed their readability. cer vary and to help facilitate the deci- Methods: The top 10 non-sponsored websites sion-making process many patients will look to for skin cancer treatment information were online resources. However, general literacy identified. Text was analyzed with a set of levels in the population are low, making many readability formulae, including SMOG, Flesch of these online sources unreadable, worsening Reading Ease and the Coleman-Liao Index. While there are limitations to these formulae, especially when used in the medical literature, they provide a standardized measure of read- ability across a number of different sources. Enhanced content To view enhanced content for this Results: All websites were found to have a article go to http://www.medengine.com/Redeem/ 980CF06052324A25. readability

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Oncology and Therapy – Springer Journals

Published: Oct 10, 2017

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