Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines: How Readable Are Internet-Based Patient Education Resources?

摘要: OBJECTIVE. Following the findings of National Lung Screening Trial, several national societies from multiple disciplines have endorsed use low-dose chest CT to screen for lung cancer. Online patient education materials are an important tool disseminate information general public regarding proven health benefits cancer screening. This study aims evaluate reading level at which these related screening written. MATERIALS AND METHODS. The four terms “pulmonary nodule,” “radiation,” “low-dose CT,” and “lung screening” were searched on Google, first 20 online resources each term downloaded, converted into plain text, analyzed using 10 well-established readability scales. If websites not written specifically patients, they excluded. RESULTS. 80 articles a 12.6 ± 2.7 (mean SD) grade level, with levels ranging 4.0 19.0. Of articles, 62.5% required high scho...