%0 Journal Article
%T Readability of Trauma-Related Patient Education Materials From the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
%A Adam E. M. Eltorai
%A Alan H. Daniels
%A Christopher T. Born
%A Heejae Yang
%A Nathan P. Thomas
%J Archive of "Trauma Monthly".
%D 2016
%R 10.5812/traumamon.20141
%X According to the american medical association (AMA) and the national institutes of health (NIH), the recommended readability of patient education materials should be no greater than a sixth-grade reading level. The online patient education information produced by the american academy of orthopaedic surgeons (AAOS) may be too complicated for some patients to understand. This study evaluated whether the AAOSĄ¯s online trauma-related patient education materials meet recommended readability guidelines for medical information
%K AAOS
%K Health Literacy
%K Online Health Information
%K Patient Education
%K Readability
%K Trauma
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4869433/