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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2017 Jul 31;22(8):682–691. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2017.1341565

Table 3.

SAM+CAM scores by category

SAM+CAM Category Materials
Assessed,
N (%)		 Not
Suitable,
N (%)		 Adequate,
N (%)		 Superior,
N (%)		 Mean
SAM+CAM Score
(SD)
Content (purpose, summary, credibility, desired reader behavior) 97 (100) 17 (17.5) 10 (10.3) 70 (72.2) 71.7 (30.5)
Literacy Demand (writing style, vocabulary helpers, confusion reducers, context, scope, length) 97 (100) 0 28 (28.9) 69 (71.1) 70.8 (13.0)
Numeracy (number presentation, calculation) 85 (87.6) 0 7 (8.2) 78 (91.8) 95.6 (14.0)
Graphics (clarity of tables, charts, and graphs) 36 (37.1) 4 (11.1) 7 (19.40) 25 (69.4) 80.7 (32.1)
Layout/Typography (layout, typography, sub-headings, organizers) 97 (100) 3 (3.1) 64 (66.0) 30 (30.9) 67.0 (15.4)

Abbreviations: SAM+CAM = Suitability and Comprehensibility Assessment of Materials; SD =