Open AccessAssessing the Readability of Medicine Information Materials: The Case of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital – Mixed Approach
Author(s) -
Chachu Genale,
Arebu Issa,
Bezawit Negash,
Kebede Wondu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s302275
Subject(s) - readability , sentence , medicine , reading (process) , perception , affect (linguistics) , family medicine , medical physics , medical education , computer science , natural language processing , psychology , linguistics , communication , philosophy , neuroscience , programming language
Patients are frequently provided with medicine information materials (MIMs). Rendering medicine information through written material is a reliable method. Readability is an important attribute of written material that can affect the reader's ability to comprehend. Patient's perception can also affect the comprehensibility of written MIMs.