Readability of online patient education materials for cervical disc replacement
Creating appropriate patient education materials is integral to achieving optimal health literacy. The current readability of the most accessible PEMs related to CDR is inadequate. As it stands, many patients may not appropriately comprehend the description of their anticipated surgery.
Authors
- Gregory Douglas Schroeder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8895-1964)
- William DiCiurcio
- Barrett R. Woods
- Ruchir Nanavati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5282-0808)
- Matthew Meade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3796-2732)
- Micah Thatcher
- Jack Carfagno
- Christopher Kepler
- Steven L. Fischer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3347-5403)
- Mark D. Miller
- Adam Lencer
- John Pignataro
Institutions
- Rothman Institute (US)
- Jefferson Hospital (US)
- Aria - Jefferson Health (US)
- Jefferson College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Spine Journal
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-025-08942-6
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82