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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2020 Apr 13;10(6):773–778. doi: 10.1002/alr.22550

Table 1.

Readability scores of intranasal corticosteroid instructions by steroid.

Intranasal Corticosteroid Gunning-Fog SMOG FORCAST Average
Beclomethasone (GlaxoSmithKline) 8.6 9.5 10.6 9.6
Budesonide (AstraZeneca) 7.5 9.6 9.9 9.0
Ciclesonide (Sunovion) 7.3 8.9 9.6 8.6
Flunisolide (Bausch) 4.8 6 9.6 6.8
Fluticasone Furoate (Schering) 5.0 6.6 8.8 6.8
Fluticasone Propionate (Apotex) 7.3 8.3 9.7 8.4
Fluticasone Propionate (Hitech) 7.1 8.5 9.6 8.4
Fluticasone Propionate (Wockhardt) 6.8 9.3 10.2 8.8
Mometasone (Schering) 9.7 10.5 10.8 10.3
Triamcinolone (Sanofi) 6.6 7.9 9 7.8
Average 7.1 8.5 9.8 8.5