Comparative Readability Analysis of Online Patient Education Resources on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

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(a) Box and whisker plots depicting distribution of readability grade levels for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Median reading grade level for both diseases is 11.5. (b, c) Box and whisker plots of readability grade levels by subsection and source website, respectively. ACG: American College of Gastroenterology; CCFA: Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America; Mayo: Mayo Clinic; NIDDK: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; UTD: UpToDate, Beyond the Basics; NHS: National Health Service; NYT: New York Times Health Guide.

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