Table 2:
Readability + Quality of all websites and websites by the properties of the center.
All Centers | NCI Designated + 7 Principles | Only 7 Principles | Only NCI Designated | Neither NCI Designated Nor 7 Principles Met | Patient Orgs. | P-value | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 91 | n = 23 | n = 16 | n = 39 | n = 13 | n = 8 | ||||||||
Readability Score | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
FK Reading Ease | 47.27 | 10.94 | 45.10 | 11.52 | 44.73 | 8.90 | 49.02 | 10.63 | 49.00 | 12.91 | 53.46 | 7.11 | .233 |
FK Grade Level | 11.07 | 2.10 | 11.55 | 2.15 | 11.43 | 1.59 | 10.77 | 2.14 | 10.67 | 2.41 | 10.36 | 1.46 | .419 |
Gunning Fog Score | 13.79 | 2.32 | 14.25 | 2.40 | 14.10 | 1.63 | 13.52 | 2.42 | 13.43 | 2.64 | 13.14 | 1.66 | .610 |
SMOG Index | 10.10 | 1.69 | 10.39 | 1.72 | 10.39 | 1.21 | 9.90 | 1.77 | 9.83 | 1.93 | 9.50 | 1.19 | .556 |
Coleman Liau Index | 13.90 | 1.37 | 14.07 | 1.42 | 14.24 | 1.10 | 13.65 | 1.32 | 13.91 | 1.71 | 12.66 | 1.10 | .073 |
% with eighth grade reading level | 9.89% | 8.7% | 0% | 12.82% | 15.38% | 0% | .508 | ||||||
Discern (qualitative) | 3.24 | 0.82 | 3.17 | 0.86 | 3.16 | 0.85 | 3.35 | 0.77 | 3.12 | 0.89 | 4.13 | 0.88 | .054 |
Discern (quantitative) | 46.48 | 7.00 | 46.41 | 7.80 | 46.13 | 7.47 | 47.28 | 6.48 | 44.65 | 6.90 | 57.13 | 6.48 | .002* |
JAMA Benchmark | 0.49 | 0.87 | 0.39 | 0.78 | 0.84 | 1.01 | 0.44 | 0.87 | 0.42 | 0.86 | 1.38 | 0.83 | .037* |