Readability Assessment of Online Patient Education Material on Congestive Heart Failure
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Readability Assessment of Online Patient Education Material on Congestive Heart Failure
BACKGROUND Online health information is being used more ubiquitously by the general population. However, this information typically favors only a small percentage of readers, which can result in suboptimal medical outcomes for patients. OBJECTIVE The readability of online patient education materials regarding the topic of congestive heart failure was assessed through six readability assessmen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Preventive Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2090-3480,2090-3499
DOI: 10.1155/2017/9780317