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. 2016 May 25;18(5):e100. doi: 10.2196/jmir.5145

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics of the three readability indexes and length by package leaflet section and year studied.

Variable, year, and section n Mean (SD) 95% CI Median Range Pa
SMOG grade






2007




<.001


1. What X is and what it is used for 36 18.4 (2.1) 17.7-19.1 18.0 15-24


2. What you need to know before you take (or use) X 36 17.2 (1.3) 16.8-17.6 17.0 14-19


3. How to take (or use) X 36 16.3 (1.4) 15.8-16.7 16.0 14-21


4. Possible side effects 36 20.3 (2.6) 19.5-21.2 20.0 15-28


5. How to store X 36 13.7 (1.2) 13.3-14.1 14.0 11-16


6. Annex 10 15.0 (0.7) 14.5-15.5 15.0 14-16

2010




<.001


1. What X is and what it is used for 36 18.5 (1.8) 17.9-19.1 19.0 15-23


2. What you need to know before you take (or use) X 36 17.2 (1.3) 16.8-17.6 17.0 14-20


3. How to take (or use) X 36 16.1 (1.2) 15.7-16.5 16.0 14-20


4. Possible side effects 36 20.7 (2.8) 19.7-21.7 20.5 15-28


5. How to store X 36 13.7 (1.0) 13.4-14.1 14.0 11-16


6. Annex 11 14.9 (0.7) 14.4-15.4 15.0 14-16

2013




<.001


1. What X is and what it is used for 36 18.6 (1.9) 17.9-19.2 18.5 15-23


2. What you need to know before you take (or use) X 36 17.4 (1.3) 16.9-17.8 18.0 14-20


3. How to take (or use) X 36 16.2 (1.2) 15.8-16.6 16.0 14-19


4. Possible side effects 36 20.9 (3.3) 19.8-22.0 21.0 16-30


5. How to store X 36 13.9 (1.0) 13.5-14.2 14.0 11-16


6. Annex 12 14.9 (0.7) 14.5-15.3 15.0 14-16
Flesch-Kincaid grade level






2007




<.001


1. What X is and what it is used for 36 18.4 (2.7) 17.5-19.3 18.0 14.4-25.6


2. What you need to know before you take (or use) X 36 16.4 (1.5) 15.9-16.9 16.5 12.6-18.7


3. How to take (or use) X 36 16.0 (1.9) 15.3-16.6 15.7 12.7-20.9


4. Possible side effects 36 20.0 (3.0) 19.0-21.0 19.3 13.8-28.9


5. How to store X 36 13.0 (1.7) 12.4-13.6 12.7 10.0-16.7


6. Annex 10 12.9 (1.0) 12.2-13.6 12.8 11.5-14.9

2010




< .001


1. What X is and what it is used for 36 18.6 (2.3) 17.8-19.4 19.0 14.5-24.8


2. What you need to know before you take (or use) X 36 16.6 (1.5) 16.1-17.1 16.6 13.3-19.7


3. How to take (or use) X 36 15.5 (1.6) 15.0-16.0 15.4 12.0-19.0


4. Possible side effects 36 20.4 (3.4) 19.2-21.5 20.0 13.4-29.6


5. How to store X 36 12.2 (1.3) 11.7-12.6 12.3 9.0-16.0


6. Annex 11 12.8 (0.9) 12.2-13.4 12.8 11.3-14.1

2013




<.001


1. What X is and what it is used for 36 18.5 (2.2) 17.8-19.3 18.3 14.7-23.2


2. What you need to know before you take (or use) X 36 16.7 (1.5) 16.2-17.2 17.0 13.1-20.0


3. How to take (or use) X 36 15.6 (1.7) 15.1-16.2 15.2 12.2-19.5


4. Possible side effects 36 20.5 (3.9) 19.2-21.8 20.1 14.9-32.6


5. How to store X 36 12.5 (1.2) 12.1-12.9 12.7 9.0-15.2


6. Annex 12 12.9 (0.9) 12.3-13.4 13.1 11.2-14.1
Szigriszt’s perspicuity index






2007




<.001


1. What X is and what it is used for 36 49.0 (9.6) 45.8-52.3 51.0 31.9-64.1


2. What you need to know before you take (or use) X 36 56.5 (5.8) 54.5-58.4 56.6 44.7-69.5


3. How to take (or use) X 36 58.0 (8.7) 55.1-61.0 59.7 29.6-71.3


4. Possible side effects 36 44.7 (9.5) 41.5-47.9 45.6 20.0-67.0


5. How to store X 36 69.5 (8.5) 66.6-72.4 70.7 43.1-82.0


6. Annex 10 71.7 (3.9) 68.9-74.5 72.1 64.1-78.2

2010




<.001


1. What X is and what it is used for 36 48.5 (8.1) 45.8-51.3 47.2 36.4-63.4


2. What you need to know before you take (or use) X 36 55.9 (6.0) 53.8-57.9 56.2 43.5-66.1


3. How to take (or use) X 36 60.2 (6.9) 57.8-62.5 60.7 41.0-73.4


4. Possible side effects 36 44.4 (10.4) 40.9-47.9 44.8 17.8-68.6


5. How to store X 36 74.0 (6.5) 71.8-76.2 74.3 54.3-88.8


6. Annex 11 72.1 (3.3) 69.9-74.3 71.2 67.4-78.2

2013




<.001


1. What X is and what it is used for 36 48.8 (8.6) 45.9-51.7 50.0 28.3-63.4


2. What you need to know before you take (or use) X 36 55.9 (5.9) 53.9-57.9 55.9 42.1-68.3


3. How to take (or use) X 36 59.8 (7.5) 57.3-62.3 60.4 39.0-72.6


4. Possible side effects 36 44.2 (11.3) 40.4-48.0 44.8 10.7-63.0


5. How to store X 36 72.7 (5.6) 70.8-74.6 72.2 58.8-88.8


6. Annex 12 71.6 (3.2) 69.6-73.6 70.9 67.4-78.0
Length






2007




<.001


1. What X is and what it is used for 36 166 (75) 140-191 157 62-433


2. What you need to know before you take (or use) X 36 518 (323) 409-628 502 89-1641


3. How to take (or use) X 36 498 (351) 379-617 422 89-1331


4. Possible side effects 36 399 (236) 320-479 331 113-984


5. How to store X 36 102 (39) 88-115 100 32-168


6. Annex 10 922 (519) 551-1294 646 481-2114

2010




< .001


1. What X is and what it is used for 36 163 (93) 131-194 138 54-401


2. What you need to know before you take (or use) X 36 546 (337) 432-660 478 92-1572


3. How to take (or use) X 36 477 (339) 362-592 367 93-1332


4. Possible side effects 36 491 (364) 368-614 367 75-1726


5. How to store X 36 116 (46) 101-132 116 22-229


6. Annex 11 977 (588) 582-1372 645 479-2114

2013




<.001


1. What X is and what it is used for 36 168 (96) 136-201 140 54-399


2. What you need to know before you take (or use) X 36 618 (388) 487-750 530 92-1572


3. How to take (or use) X 36 471 (327) 361-582 350 88-1244


4. Possible side effects 36 532 (426) 388-677 342 75-1976


5. How to store X 36 132 (50) 115-149 127 22-268


6. Annex 12 947 (572) 584-1310 644 479-2114

a Kruskal-Wallis test.