Research Article

Analysis of the Patient Information Quality and Readability on Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) on the Internet

Table 3

Results of website content analysis and readability assessment.

Website numberAdequacy totalAuthenticityOverall content RecommendedFREFKSHONGQS

12110goodyes81.66yes5
23010goodyes57.39no5
32510goodyes58.69no4
4193fairno49.310no3
5160fairno519.3no3
690fairno46.612no3
7300goodyes57.49no5
8160fairno74.46yes4
9160fairno57.59no3
103010goodyes-6.512no5
11300goodyes4611no5
12180fairno46.212no3
1390poorno63.38no2
14260goodyes46.911no4
15230fairno57.110no3
16180fairno48.712no3
17150poorno59.710no3
18140poorno50.511no3
19250goodyes33.612no4
20210fairno44.611no4
21300goodyes26.912no5
22300goodyes36.413yes5
23150poorno35.913no2
24160fairno4612no3
25300goodyes38.212no5
26240fairyes37.412no4
27280fairyes29.613.2no4
28180fairno568no4
29150fairno2116.3no3
303010goodyes38.213.3no5
31260goodyes3512.1no5
32180fairno38.913no3
3330poorno61.28no2
34260goodyes37.115.6no5
35160fairno5810no3
36170fairno4312.73no3
37190fairno5011no3
3860poorno5010no2
3960poorno648no2
40140fairno4312no3
41170fairno4512no3
42110fairno618no3
43230goodno4810no4
44PNFPNFPNFPNFPNFPNFPNFPNF

GQS: global quality score, HON: health on net certification, FRE: Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease (FRE), FKG: Flesch-Kincaid grade level, and PNF: page not found.