The article evaluates the readability of online resources regarding lower back pain imaging to determine if they are accessible to patients, aiming for a sixth-grade reading level as recommended by health organizations.
Researchers performed online searches, gathering the top 20 URLs from Google, and used various readability indices to analyze the text on these sites.
The findings revealed that most of the examined online materials had a readability score above the target level, with an average score of 10.745, indicating that the content may be too complex for typical patients.