A readability analysis of Australian stroke information.

Abstract:

:The aims of this study were to document the readability of a stroke education brochure and to illustrate how the readability of this document might be improved. Readability analyses using three different formulas were conducted on a stroke education brochure from the Australian National Stroke Foundation. Consistent with previous studies of the readability of written health information, results indicated that the overall level of difficulty of the material was too complex for the average member of the public to read and understand. Revision of a randomly selected section of text using established guidelines for writing patient information, and subsequent reanalysis of this section, showed that simple revisions of health literature can dramatically improve readability. Given the importance of effective communication of preventative information about stroke, we present these results as a model of how future revisions of difficult to read stroke-related literature might be conducted to improve public education.

journal_name

Top Stroke Rehabil

authors

Sullivan K,O'Conor F

doi

10.1310/6UM4-6J7J-YTLC-K976

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-01-01 00:00:00

pages

52-60

issue

4

eissn

1074-9357

issn

1945-5119

journal_volume

7

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