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Plast Surg (Oakv)
February 2025
Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Rhinoplasty is one of the most common cosmetic procedures performed by plastic surgeons and otolaryngologists. Previous studies have concluded that the readability of rhinoplasty information does not meet the recommended guidelines for the 8th grade reading level. In this study, we performed an updated readability analysis and a comprehensive online review of decision-making factors for patients considering rhinoplasty.
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January 2025
School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University, VIC, Australia; Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Humans Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia. Electronic address:
Objective: To explore the parent experience of finding information on websites to support their child with chronic lower limb pain and explore the quality of information available on those websites.
Methods: Parents of children with chronic lower limb pain conducted real-time searching of websites followed by semi-structured interviews via Zoom. Interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analysed thematically using an inductive approach.
PLoS One
January 2025
Substitutive Dental Sciences Department (Prosthodontics), College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
Background: This study aimed to investigate the quality and readability of online English health information about dental sensitivity and how patients evaluate and utilize these web-based information.
Methods: The credibility and readability of health information was obtained from three search engines. We conducted searches in "incognito" mode to reduce the possibility of biases.
PLoS One
January 2025
School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Objective: To evaluate and compare the readability of information on different treatment options for breast cancer from WeChat public accounts, propose targeted improvement strategies based on the evaluation of the results of the various treatment options, and provide a reference for producers of WeChat public accounts from which to write highly readable information regarding breast cancer treatment options.
Methods: With "breast cancer" as keywords in April 2021, searches were implemented on Sogou WeChat website (https://weixin.sogou.
Trop Med Infect Dis
January 2025
Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Human rabies is preventable but almost always fatal once symptoms appear, causing 59,000 global deaths each year. Limited awareness and inconsistent access to post-exposure prophylaxis hinder prevention efforts. To identify gaps and opportunities for improvement in online rabies information, we assessed the readability, understandability, actionability, and completeness of online public rabies resources from government and health agencies in Australia and similar countries, with the aim of identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement.
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