Disparities between English and Spanish in readability of online endodontic information for laypeople

The Journal of the American Dental Association
Ramón Miguéns-VilaPablo Castelo-Baz

Abstract

In this study, the authors assessed the readability of online endodontic information in English and Spanish. The authors performed a systematic search in Google in May 2016. Search queries were "root canal treatment" and "¿Qué es una endodoncia?" without limits or filters. The authors assessed English readability by using Flesch-Kincaid Reading Grade Level, Flesch Reading Ease Score, Gunning Fog Index, Coleman-Liau index, automated readability index, and Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) index. The authors calculated readability for Spanish by using the Fernández-Huerta index and INFLESZ (Ines-Barrio). The authors assessed the first 100 consecutive sites identified with each search strategy and selected 117 sites. Readability scores for English-language sites were in the category of normal to read, easily understood by 13- through 15-year-old students (Flesch Reading Ease Score, 63, interquartile range (IQR) [53.9-66.2]; Gunning Fog Index, 10.4, IQR [8.8-12]; Coleman-Liau index, 12.5, IQR [11.6-13.3]; and automated readability index, 8.6, IQR [6.7-9.8]). SMOG results led to the estimation that only 7 years of education would be needed to understand these contents (SMOG, 7.6, IQR [6.5-8.8]). Spanish-language sites had a read...Continue Reading

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