Readability of Online Information Related to Pediatric Radiation Safety From Societal Websites

AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
Paul H YiJie C Nguyen

Abstract

The Internet has become a major readily available source of health care education. Pediatric radiation safety is a complex topic with evolving safety guidelines. The purpose of this study is to assess the readability of publically available online information pertaining to pediatric radiation safety available on the websites of radiologic and pediatric societies. Online information related to pediatric radiation safety that is available on the Society for Pediatric Radiology website and the websites RadiologyInfo (sponsored by the Radiological Society of North America and the American College of Radiology) and HealthyChildren.org (sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics) was evaluated for readability. Each article was assessed using six readability tests, which use either a grade level or a numeric scale to categorize readability. ANOVA was used to compare readability levels and intraclass correlation coefficients for analytic reliability. A total of 54 articles were included in the analysis. Three of the articles were written below the eighth-grade reading level. The mean readability ranged from grades 12.1 to 14.8 among the five different grade level-based readability scales used. The mean readability determined using...Continue Reading

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