Readability of spine-related patient education materials: a standard method for improvement.
John BaumannSamuel MarshallAndrew GroneckStefan J HanishTheodore J ChomaSteven F DeFrodaPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2023)
The current study shows that using this standardized method significantly improves the readability of spine-related PEMs and significantly increased the likelihood that PEMs will meet recommendations for being at or below the sixth-grade reading level.