Table 1.
Readability by Target Audience, Disease Type, and Source
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HIReA score |
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Average | Q1 | Median | Q3 | Average | Q1 | Median | Q3 |
| PAT | −0.2360 | −0.3775 | −0.1950 | −0.1075 | 13.0767 | 11.7733 | 13.1209 | 14.3377 |
| PRO | −0.7065 | −0.8300 | −0.7150 | −0.5825 | 14.7429 | 13.8954 | 14.6539 | 15.7234 |
| CFS | −0.3927 | −0.7450 | −0.4400 | −0.1075 | 13.8615 | 13.1912 | 14.0517 | 15.0259 |
| Diabetes | −0.5498 | −0.7550 | −0.5675 | −0.3450 | 13.9581 | 12.9230 | 14.2515 | 15.0392 |
| NMCD | −0.3704 | −0.5775 | −0.4400 | −0.1913 | 12.9950 | 11.7733 | 12.9180 | 14.1643 |
| NS | −0.5721 | −0.8150 | −0.7125 | −0.3138 | 14.8246 | 14.1413 | 14.5532 | 15.5848 |
HIReA, health information readability analyzer; PAT, patient, PRO, professional; Q1, first quartile; Q3, third quartile; CFS, chronic fatigue syndrome; NMCD, Natural Medicine Comprehensive Database; NS, Natural Standard; 24 documents for each subcategory.