Computerized versus hand-scored health literacy tools: a comparison of Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) and Flesch-Kincaid in printed patient education materials.

Objective: The research compared and contrasted hand-scoring and computerized methods of evaluating the grade level of patient education materials that are distributed at an academic medical center in east Tennessee and sought to determine if these materials adhered to the American Medical Associati...

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Published in:Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 106; no. 1; pp. 38 - 46
Main Authors: Grabeel, Kelsey Leonard, Russomanno, Jennifer, Oelschlegel, Sandy, Tester, Emily, Heidel, Robert Eric
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: University of Pittsburgh, University Library System Jan2018
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