Readability and Suitability Evaluation of Educational Materials on Diabetes Mellitus

Chin, Young Ran; Choi, Kyung-Won

doi:10.12811/kshsm.2014.8.2.161

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“…However, as there are no programs specifically developed for older adults, senior centers generally use public health programs designed for younger adults. Furthermore, Korean public health pro-grams provide health-related educational materials that require the ability to read at or above the sixth-grade level, which is higher than the recommended level for this type of program (Chin & Choi, 2014). Therefore, the current study aimed to develop and evaluate a health literacyconsidered diabetes self-management program among older adults in South Korea.…”

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Effect of a Health Literacy–Considered Diabetes Self-Management Program for Older Adults in South Korea

Lee¹,

Song²,

Im³

2017

Research in Gerontological Nursing

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The current randomized controlled study evaluated the effects of a health literacy-considered diabetes self-management program on diabetes-related parameters: diabetes self-management knowledge (DSK), diabetes health beliefs (DHB), diabetes self-efficacy (DSE), diabetes self-management behavior (DSMB), and diabetes biomarkers. Fifty-one Korean older adults with diabetes completed 12 weekly sessions that were developed based on their health literacy and health-related characteristics. The results indicate significant posttest differences between groups in DSK (p = 0.046), DSE (p = 0.046), DSMB (p = 0.012), and the DSMB self-monitored blood glucose subscale (p = 0.002). Significant pre-post changes between groups were observed in the DHB benefit subscale (p = 0.043), DSE (p = 0.006), DSMB (p = 0.008), DSMB diet (p = 0.029), and the self-monitored blood glucose subscale (p < 0.001). A significant pre-post difference was observed in the intervention group's HbA1c levels (p = 0.008). The program effectively improved participants' DSK, DHB, DSE, and DSMB values, which may be helpful for improving HbA1c levels. [Res Gerontol Nurs. 2017; 10(5):215-225.].

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Effect of a Health Literacy–Considered Diabetes Self-Management Program for Older Adults in South Korea

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Song²,

Im³

2017

Research in Gerontological Nursing

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“…At the turn of the century, more people turn to the internet as the source of information, and this includes health-related information (McCaw, McGlade & McElnay 2014). Bernard et al (2018) used speci c search terms on three different search engines to simulate typical scenarios of patients looking for information on diabetes. The researchers zoomed in to 42 websites and evaluated the readability of the information contained within these sites.…”

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Diabetes in the News: Readability Analysis of Malaysian Diabetes Corpus

Hamat¹,

Jaludin²,

Dom³

et al. 2021

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Background: This paper describes a study to evaluate the readability scores of Malaysian newspaper articles meant to create awareness of diabetes among the public. In contrast to patient-specific sources of information, mass media may potentially reach healthy people and help them avoid becoming part of the diabetes statistics. The study selected relevant samples from the Malaysian Diabetes Corpus and used an online tool to score and display their readability using Flesch Kinkaid Reading Ease (FKRE) as the main indicator. Result: The average readability for the materials is low at 49.6 FKRE, which may impede the uptake of information contained in the articles. Trend analysis reveals that there is not much variability in the years covered by the corpus with the articles from 2016 scoring better than other years. Feature analysis of articles with the best and worst readability indicates that medical practitioners may not be the best spokesperson to reach the public. It also indicates that simple sentence structures could help improve readability. Conclusion: There is still much room for improvements in attaining good public health literacy through mass media communication. Public health and media practitioners should be vigilant of the language aspects of their writing when reaching out to the public.

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“…McInnes and Haglund (2011) carried out a similar study and came up with a similar conclusion: the readability of the information needed to be vastly improved [ 11 ]. Research of similar nature has been carried out in different languages as well, for example, Korean [ 17 ], Persian [ 18 ], and Spanish [ 19 ]. At the other end of the difficulty spectrum, Smith and co-workers (2017) evaluated the readability of diabetes-related medical journal articles for the layperson [ 20 ].…”

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Diabetes in the News: Readability Analysis of Malaysian Diabetes Corpus

Hamat

Jaludin

Dom

et al. 2022

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This paper describes a study to evaluate the readability scores of Malaysian newspaper articles meant to create awareness of diabetes among the public. In contrast to patient-specific sources of information, mass media may potentially reach healthy people, thus preventing them from becoming part of the diabetes statistics. Articles published within a selected corpus from the years 2013 to 2018 and related to awareness regarding diabetes were sampled, and their readability was scored using Flesch Kinkaid Reading Ease (FKRE). Features of three articles ranked as the best and worst for readability were qualitatively analyzed. The average readability for the materials is low at 49.6 FKRE, which may impede the uptake of information contained in the articles. Feature analysis of articles with the best and worst readability indicates that medical practitioners may not be the best spokesperson to reach the public. It also indicates that simple sentence structures could help improve readability. There is still much room for improvement in attaining good public health literacy through mass media communication. Public health and media practitioners should be vigilant of the language aspects of their writing when reaching out to the public.

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Readability and Suitability Evaluation of Educational Materials on Diabetes Mellitus

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

Effect of a Health Literacy–Considered Diabetes Self-Management Program for Older Adults in South Korea

Effect of a Health Literacy–Considered Diabetes Self-Management Program for Older Adults in South Korea

Diabetes in the News: Readability Analysis of Malaysian Diabetes Corpus

Diabetes in the News: Readability Analysis of Malaysian Diabetes Corpus

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