Nationwide evaluation of readability, quality, and cultural sensitivity of online brain cancer education materials in the United States
Publicly available brain tumor education materials are frequently at a high reading level. Quality and cultural sensitivity can be improved by citing sources, describing treatment risks, describing outcomes without treatment, addressing quality of life during treatment, addressing myths, and visually representing more patients. Patient organizations can provide models for addressing patient needs.
Authors
- Adam L. Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8541-2287)
- Joelle Nilak
- Lauren Spadt
Institutions
- Inova Fairfax Hospital (US)
- Virginia Cancer Institute (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neuro-Oncology Practice
- Published
- 2025-05-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nop/npaf035
- Primary Topic
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00