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Quality and Readability of Online Health Information on Common Urologic Cancers: Assessing Barriers to Health Literacy in Urologic Oncology.

Julian A GiakasMichael ZaliznyakAbigail Kohut-JacksonMohammad MahmoudLindsay LombardoEric Ballon-LandaZachary Hamilton
Published in: Urology practice (2024)
Despite being of moderate to high quality, online patient education materials related to common urologic cancers are often written at a grade level that exceeds the reading level of an average American adult. This presents as a barrier to online health literacy and calls into question the utility of these resources.
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