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ArticleBMC obesity2016

Readability and content analysis of lifestyle education resources for weight management in Australian general practice.

Nouhad El-Haddad, Catherine Spooner, Nighat Faruqi, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson, Mark Harris

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Article in BMC obesity, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Nouhad El-HaddadCentre for Primary Health Care and Equity, UNSW Australia, New South Wales, Australia ; Centre for Obesity Management and Prevention Excellence in Primary Health Care, UNSW Australia, New South Wales, Australia.
Catherine SpoonerCentre for Primary Health Care and Equity, UNSW Australia, New South Wales, Australia ; Centre for Obesity Management and Prevention Excellence in Primary Health Care, UNSW Australia, New South Wales, Australia.
Nighat FaruqiCentre for Primary Health Care and Equity, UNSW Australia, New South Wales, Australia ; Centre for Obesity Management and Prevention Excellence in Primary Health Care, UNSW Australia, New South Wales, Australia.
Elizabeth Denney-WilsonCentre for Obesity Management and Prevention Excellence in Primary Health Care, UNSW Australia, New South Wales, Australia ; Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Mark HarrisCentre for Primary Health Care and Equity, UNSW Australia, New South Wales, Australia ; Centre for Obesity Management and Prevention Excellence in Primary Health Care, UNSW Australia, New South Wales, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWeight management education is one of the key strategies to assist patients to manage their weight. Educational resources provide an important adjunct in the chain of communication between practitioners and patients. However, one in five Australian adults has low health literacy. The purpose of this study was to assess the readability and analyse the content of weight management resources.

methodsThis study is based on the analysis of 23 resources found in the waiting rooms of ten Sydney-based general practices and downloaded from two clinical software packages used at these practices. The reading grade level of these resources was calculated using the Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Fry Readability Graph, and the Simplified Measure of Gobbledygook. Resources' content was analysed for the presence of dietary, physical activity, and behaviour change elements, as recommended by the Clinical practice guidelines for the management of overweight and obesity in adults, adolescents, and children in Australia.

resultsThe resources' average reading grade level was for a 10(th) grader (9.5 ± 1.8). These findings highlight that the average reading grade level was two grades higher than the recommended reading grade level for health education resources of 8th grade level or below. Seventy percent of resources contained dietary and behaviour change elements. Physical activity was included in half of the resources. Two messages were identified to be inconsistent with the guidelines and three messages had no scientific basis.

conclusionA body of evidence now exists that supports the need to develop evidence-based education resources for weight management that place low demand on literacy, without compromising content accuracy. The findings from this study suggest that there is significant room for improvement in the educational resources provided in general practices.

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Content analysisEducational resourcesGeneral practiceHealth literacyLifestyleNutritionPhysical activityReadabilityWeight management

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