Domain-specific readability measures to improve information retrieval in the Persian language

Arastoopoor, Sholeh

doi:10.1108/el-01-2017-0007

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“…Among the various readability measures, the Flesch formula is one of the reliable and most used indicators for grading the reading levels. This study used the Flesch–Dayani indicator, 15 the Flesch’s Persian-adjusted version, for measuring and ranking the readability of the texts.…”

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Calculating reading ease score of patient package inserts in Iran

Gavgani¹,

Mirzadeh-Qasabeh²,

Hanaee³

et al. 2018

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BackgroundThe patient package inserts (PPIs), which contain the necessary information about medications intended for patients, need to be expressed in a clear language comprehensible to everyone.ObjectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the readability and understandability of the drug package inserts for the inexpert people.MethodsThe readability of the 158 PPIs of the 33 drugs, registered and manufactured in Iran, was calculated. The main criterion for selecting PPIs to include in this study was of those top-selling drugs during the year 2015 according to the Social Security Organization in Iran. The PPIs were collected from the pharmacies of the three major cities, namely, Tabriz, Ardabil and Meshgin Shahr. Then, using the Flesch–Dayani readability (FDR) tool adjusted for the Persian language, the average number of the words and syllables was counted to calculate and grade the readability score of the selected PPIs.ResultsThis study showed that the average FDR readability score for all the 33 drugs is 52.52, which are graded 10th–11th. Of the PPIs, 70.89% were difficult to read, and on average, the readability of the PPIs was five times difficult than the standard ones. Only 13.92% PPIs were suitable for the 5th–7th grade, and 15.19% of the package inserts ranked in the 8th–9th reading grade.ConclusionA considerable number of the PPIs in Iran have low readability level and were not suitable for the inexpert readers. Since the treatment cost is very high, people tend to use medications arbitrarily or simply use old prescriptions. This study suggests the necessity of a major improvement in the readability level of the PPIs in order to ensure the usefulness of the PPIs to the majority of the consumers.

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Calculating reading ease score of patient package inserts in Iran

Gavgani¹,

Mirzadeh-Qasabeh²,

Hanaee³

et al. 2018

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A systematic review of multidimensional relevance estimation in information retrieval

Peikos,

Pasi

2024

WIREs Data Min & Knowl

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In information retrieval, relevance is perceived as a multidimensional and dynamic concept influenced by user, task, and domain factors. Relying on this perspective, researchers have introduced multidimensional relevance models addressing diverse search tasks across numerous knowledge domains. Through our systematic review of 72 studies, we categorize research based on domain specificity and the distinct relevance aspects employed for estimating multidimensional relevance. Moreover, we highlight the approaches used to aggregate scores related to these factors and rank information items. Our insights underline the importance of concise definitions and unified methods for estimating relevance factors within and across domains. Finally, we identify benchmark collections for evaluations based on multiple relevance aspects while underscoring the necessity for new ones. Our findings suggest that large language models hold considerable promise for shaping future research in this field, mainly due to their relevance labeling abilities.This article is categorized under: Application Areas > Science and Technology Technologies > Computational Intelligence

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