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ArticleHealth promotion perspectives2018

Readability of information on colonoscopy preparation on the internet.

Sarah A MacLean, Corey H Basch, Ashley Clark, Charles E Basch

Abstract read
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Article in Health promotion perspectives, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Assessing Readability of Skin Cancer Screening Resources: A Comparison of Online Websites and ChatGPT Responses.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2026
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  3. Assessing the Readability of Online Health Information for Colonoscopy - Analysis of Articles in 22 European Languages.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2023
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  5. The Quality of Infectious Disease Hospital Websites in Poland in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sarah A MacLeanIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029 USA.
Corey H BaschDepartment of Public Health, William Paterson University, 366 University Hall, Wayne, NJ 07470 USA.
Ashley ClarkDepartment of Public Health, William Paterson University, 366 University Hall, Wayne, NJ 07470 USA.
Charles E BaschHealth and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 W. 120th Street, NY, NY 10027 USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Colon cancerColonoscopyOn-line informationReadability

Identifiers

PMID29744314
PMCPMC5935822

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