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Brief Communication:
Readability of colorectal cancer online information: A brief report
Corey H Basch, Danna Ethan, Sarah A MacLean, Philip Garcia, Charles E Basch
Int J Prev Med
2018, 9:77 (17 September 2018)
DOI
:10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_95_18
PMID
:30283609
Purpose:
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. A decline in deaths caused by CRC has been largely attributable to screening and prompt treatment. Motivation, shown to influence cancer-related screening and treatment decisions, can be shaped by information from the Internet. The extent to which this information is easily readable on cancer-related websites is not known. The purpose of this study was to assess the readability levels of CRC information on 100 websites.
Methods:
Using methods from a prior study, the keyword, “colorectal cancer,” was searched on a cleared Internet browser. Scores for each website (
n
= 100) were generated using five commonly recommended readability tests. Results: All five tests demonstrated difficult readability for the majority of the websites.
Conclusions:
Online information related to CRC is difficult to read and highlights the need for developing cancer-related online material that is understandable to a wider audience.
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