TABLE 1.

Readability Characteristics of Coronavirus Websites

	Number of websites (n = 100)			Readability Score
Test	Easy (Grade <6)	Average (Grade 6-10)	Difficult (Grade >10)	Mean [SD]	Range
FKGL	0	68	32	10.0 [1.9]	6.2 – 15.4
GFI	4	47	49	10.5 [2.8]	0.9 – 16.1
CLI	0	32	68	11.9 [1.8]	6.0 – 16.2
SMOG	0	31	69	11.9 [1.8]	7.6 - 17.8
FREa	0	9	91	46.4 [11.1]	14.9 – 65.0

^aFRE scored on a scale of 0-100, with higher scores indicating greater ease of readability.