Readability of Online Patient Information Relating to Cleft Palate Surgery.
Christopher V LavinEvan J FahyDarren B AbbasMichelle GriffinNestor M Diaz DeleonDaniel K LeeRohit K KhoslaKarl BruckmanHermann Peter LorenzDerrick C WanPublished in: The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (2021)
Although some improvement can be made, craniofacial surgeons can be confident in the online information pertaining to cleft palate repair, regardless of where the search is performed from. The average readability of the top search results for "Cleft Palate Surgery" is around the seventh-grade reading level (US educational system) and compares favorably to other health care readability analyses.