Table 3.

Readability scores of select ICD patient education material

Title	Reading Level (SMOG)	Reading Level (Fry)	Author Type
A Heart Attack Survivor’s Guide to Avoiding Sudden Death	Grade 12	16 years	Manufacturer
All About ICDs	Grade 11	17 years	Manufacturer
ICD Coping Strategies	Grade 11	12 years	Manufacturer
Questions about Driving Living with your ICD	Grade 10	>19 years	Manufacturer
Questions about Traveling Living with your ICD	Grade 11	10 years	Manufacturer
Questions about therapy Living with your ICD	Grade 12	>19 years	Manufacturer
Questions about Lifestyle Living with your ICD	Grade 9	9 years	Manufacturer
Questions asked by those who live with an ICD patient Living with your ICD	Grade 10	14 years	Manufacturer
Patient Registration and Identification Cards Living with your ICD	Grade 11	19+ years	Manufacturer
Questions about activities and intimacy Living with your ICD	Grade 10	15 years	Manufacturer
What’s inside an ICD?	Illustration pamphlet; not enough words	15 years	Manufacturer
More Help for Heart Device Patients Electromagnetic Compatibility Guide	Mainly lists: not enough words	16 years	Manufacturer
You and Your ICD (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator)	Grade 9	8 years	Manufacturer
Cardiac Rehabilitation & Secondary Prevention Program	Grade 15	18 years	Cardiac support organization
Take Control: Actions to Lower Your Risk	Grade 10	18 years	Cardiac support organization
ICD: Arrhythmia Service	Grade 12	18 years	Hospital
We’re here to help you	Grade 13	>19 years	Hospital
Frequently Asked Questions Pre-ICD (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator) Placement	Grade 11	14 years	Hospital
Pacemaker, ILR and ICD Procedure Patient Information	Mainly point form: not enough words	15 years	Hospital
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs)	Grade 12	17 years	Hospital
The Patient’s Guide to the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator	Grade 9	19 years	Hospital

Abbreviations: ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator; ILR, insertable loop recorder, SMOG, “simple measurement of gobbledygook.”