ArticleInternational journal of preventive medicine2018
Readability of Colorectal Cancer Online Information: A Brief Report.
Article in International journal of preventive medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed.
- 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 · 2023Article
- Assessing the Functional Accessibility, Actionability, and Quality of Patient Education Materials from Canadian Cancer Agencies.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
- Quality and readability of online information on plantar fasciitis and calcaneal spur.Rheumatology international · 2022Review
- Colon Cancer and Diverticular Disease Association: a Case-Control Study.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2021Article
- Readability of Cancer Clinical Trials Websites.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterArticle
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeColorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. A decline in deaths caused by CRC has been largely attributable to screening and prompt treatment. Motivation, shown to influence cancer-related screening and treatment decisions, can be shaped by information from the Internet. The extent to which this information is easily readable on cancer-related websites is not known. The purpose of this study was to assess the readability levels of CRC information on 100 websites.
methodsUsing methods from a prior study, the keyword, "colorectal cancer," was searched on a cleared Internet browser. Scores for each website (
resultsAll five tests demonstrated difficult readability for the majority of the websites.
conclusionsOnline information related to CRC is difficult to read and highlights the need for developing cancer-related online material that is understandable to a wider audience.
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Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.