The readability of online English and Spanish patient education materials on anaesthesia for orthopaedic surgery
These findings reinforce past literature describing English and Spanish-language orthopaedic anaesthesia PEMs being written at far higher reading levels than the recommended 5th to 8th grade reading level. Interestingly, English PEMs were less readable than their Spanish counterparts, yet, they were more available than related Spanish PEMs overall.
Authors
- Jashvant Poeran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7058-5102)
- Mariana Restrepo
- Brocha Z. Stern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-7096)
- Garrett W. Burnett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-9499)
- Chang Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8185-5526)
Institutions
- Hospital for Special Surgery (US)
- Mount Sinai Health System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJA Open
- Published
- 2025-03-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjao.2025.100388
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82