Readability and Content Gaps in Online Epilepsy Surgery Materials as Potential Health Literacy and Shared-Decision Making Barriers.

The majority of online health content is overly complex and relatively incomplete in multiple key areas important to health literacy and understanding of surgical candidacy. Our findings suggest academic organizations, including level 4 epilepsy centers, need to simplify and broaden online education resources. More comprehensive, publicly accessible, and readable information may lead to better shared decision-making.