Readability Assessment of Online Patient Education Material on Congestive Heart Failure

Table 3

Flesch reading ease scores with equivalent US education level and USDHHS readability rating.

FRE score	Equivalent education level	USDHHS readability
0–29	College graduate	Difficult
30–49	College
50–59	10th–12th
60–69	8th-9th	Average
70–79	7th
80–89	6th	Easy
90–100	5th

FRE, Flesch Reading Ease; USDHHS, US Department of Health and Human Services.