Table 2.
Readability of colonoscopy-related online patient information in 22 European languages
| Language | Lix score | #sentences | #words | #words/sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | 64±4 | 78±42 | 1011±478 | 14±2 |
| Croatian | 61±6 | 39±22 | 575±381 | 15±4 |
| Czech | 54±6 | 46±25 | 639±329 | 15±4 |
| Danish | 44±6 | 48±41 | 712±634 | 15±3 |
| Dutch | 43±5 | 72±61 | 935±690 | 14±2 |
| English | 40±5 | 75±46 | 1221±797 | 17±3 |
| Estonian | 59±6 | 52±31 | 515±282 | 11±2 |
| Finnish | 65±6 | 39±26 | 408±234 | 11±2 |
| French | 50±5 | 68±40 | 1177±707 | 17±4 |
| German | 49±5 | 79±66 | 1013±852 | 13±3 |
| Greek | 58±5 | 38±20 | 754±372 | 21±4 |
| Hungarian | 66±4 | 47±20 | 691±289 | 15±2 |
| Italian | 62±4 | 65±47 | 1241±783 | 20±3 |
| Latvian | 62±4 | 46±26 | 663±374 | 15±4 |
| Lithuanian | 64±6 | 42±30 | 499±355 | 12±3 |
| Polish | 63±6 | 68±45 | 968±587 | 15±3 |
| Portuguese | 52±6 | 52±29 | 912±434 | 18±4 |
| Romanian | 61±6 | 56±37 | 1128±768 | 21±4 |
| Slovak | 58±8 | 80±133 | 767±456 | 14±4 |
| Slovenian | 59±5 | 43±28 | 703±485 | 16±3 |
| Spanish | 48±5 | 74±54 | 1177±757 | 16±3 |
| Swedish | 43±8 | 81±66 | 1182±1162 | 14±3 |
Data were presented as mean ± SD. # stands for number of sentences. Differences between Lix score, number of sentences, number of words, and number of words/sentence were statistically significant. All P<.001