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Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 5, Issue 4 | Pages 42 - 43
1 Aug 2016
Foy MA


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 5, Issue 6 | Pages 41 - 42
1 Dec 2016
Foy MA


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 6, Issue 1 | Pages 41 - 42
1 Feb 2017
Dale-Skinner J


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 6, Issue 3 | Pages 41 - 43
1 Jun 2017
Foy MA


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 6, Issue 4 | Pages 41 - 43
1 Aug 2017
de Bono J


The Bone & Joint Journal
Vol. 100-B, Issue 9 | Pages 1253 - 1259
1 Sep 2018
Seewoonarain S Johnson AA Barrett M

Aims

Informed patient consent is a legal prerequisite endorsed by multiple regulatory institutions including the Royal College of Surgeons and the General Medical Council. It is also recommended that the provision of written information is available and may take the form of a Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) with multiple PILs available from leading orthopaedic institutions. PILs may empower the patient, improve compliance, and improve the patient experience. The national reading age in the United Kingdom is less than 12 years and therefore PILs should be written at a readability level not exceeding 12 years old. We aim to assess the readability of PILs currently provided by United Kingdom orthopaedic institutions.

Patients and Methods

The readability of PILs on 58 common conditions provided by seven leading orthopaedic associations in January 2017, including the British Orthopaedic Association, British Hip Society, and the British Association of Spinal Surgeons, was assessed. All text in each PIL was analyzed using readability scores including the Flesch–Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL) and the Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) test.


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 5, Issue 5 | Pages 39 - 40
1 Oct 2016
Solon M


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 5, Issue 3 | Pages 38 - 40
1 Jun 2016
Worlock PH


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 3, Issue 1 | Pages 39 - 39
1 Feb 2014
Foy MA