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Exploring How Rhetorical Organization Contributes to the Readability of Essays

Journal of Language and Education, 2021
The facilitative benefits of genre-specific reading have often been cited as a truism in the field of writing education. In line with this, writing center self-access libraries typically provide a selection of composition texts, including rhetorics ...
John R. Baker
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Assessment of readability level of informed consent forms used in intensive care units

Medicine Science, 2019
Informed consent forms are printed forms prepared to assist patients in the treatment process by explaining the indications, benefits and possible risks of medical practices.
Munise Yildiz, Betul Kozanhan, Mahmut Sami Tutar   +2 more
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Readability of Patient Educational Materials in Sports Medicine

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2022
Background: The internet has become an increasingly popular resource among sports medicine patients seeking injury-related information. Numerous organizations recommend that patient educational materials (PEMs) should not exceed sixth-grade reading level.
Tiarnán Ó Doinn MRCS, James M. Broderick FRCS, Rebecca Clarke BMBS, Niall Hogan FRCS   +3 more
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Modification of The Online Gunning Fog Index for Readability Analysis of Indonesian Texts : A Prototype Development

Jurnal Paedagogy
This study aims to develop a statistical formula for the readability of Indonesian texts by modifying the Gunning Fog Index (GFI) formula. GFI is one of the objective readability statistics with a syntactic approach.
Juliana Tirza Mangilaleng, Hananto Hananto, Eklesia Khesywani Gea   +2 more
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Is There a Difference Between the Readabilities of Informed Consent Forms Used for Procedures in the Emergency Services of State and University Hospitals in Turkey?

Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018
Aim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the readability levels of informed consent forms (ICFs) used for procedures in the emergency services of state and university hospitals by comparing through readability formulas.Materials and Methods ...
Leyla Ozturk Sonmez, Mehmet Giray Sonmez, Mustafa Kursat Ayranci, Togay Evrin, Burak Katipoglu, Basar Cander   +5 more
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To understand or not to understand: This is the problem

The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2018
Background/Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate the level of readability of the informed consent used before colonoscopy in a university hospital by different methods, and to investigate related sociodemographic variables.
Makbule Neslişah Tan, Gizem Limnili, Ediz Yıldırım, Azize Dilek Güldal   +3 more
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Evaluation of the Readability of Online Turkish-Language Patient Education Materials on Congenital Hearing Loss

The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat, 2023
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the readability of online patient education resources on congenital hearing loss written in Turkish.Materials and Methods: We used Google Search to identify Patient Education Materials (PEM) for “congenital ...
Burak Erkmen, Ahmet Mahmut Tekin, Şamil Şahin, Yaşar Kemal Duymaz, Vedat Topsakal   +4 more
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Literacy levels required to complete routinely used patient-reported outcome measures in rheumatology

, 2012
Objective. To assess the reading levels required to complete patient-reported outcome measures (PROs)commonly used in rheumatology clinical and research settings.Methods. Ten PROs written in English were evaluated.
Ryan, Sarah-Jane, Adams, Jo, Adams, J., Bradley, Sarah, Ryan, Sarah Jane, Bradley, S., Ryan, S.J., Chapman, Judith   +7 more
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Readability scores and content in simplification of authentic text

ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics)
The paper explores a more comprehensive approach to assessing text-level difficulty by combining quantitative readability metrics with qualitative analyses of content and context which help in reading comprehension and reading-for-translation.
Nejla Kalajdžisalihović
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Readability of Corporate Annual Reports of Top 100 Malaysian Companies

Malaysian Management Journal, 2020
The main purpose of this paper is to compare the readability of two narrative sections in Malaysian corporate annual reports. Further more the authors investigate whether readability of one section reflects the readability of another section.
Rosli Mohamad, Azhar Abdul Rahman
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