Journal article
Digital Era of Mobile Communications and Smartphones: A Novel Analysis of Patient Comprehension of Cancer-Related Information Available Through Mobile Applications
Cancer investigation, v 37(3), pp 127-133
16 Mar 2019
PMID: 30821518
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Abstract
Many Americans use smartphone-based mobile applications to acquire health information. Our study evaluated the readability of mobile application-based patient educational materials (PEMs) about five prevalent cancers in the United States. The Apple and Google mobile application marketplaces were queried for breast, colon, lung, prostate, and stomach cancer-related applications, which were subsequently screened for PEMs and assessed with 10 validated readability assessments. Twenty-one pertinent applications yielded 249 articles that were written at an 11.8 ± 2.3 grade level; only 12 (4.8%) articles were written below an eighth grade level. The majority of cancer-related PEMs were written at too difficult reading levels for American patients.
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- Title
- Digital Era of Mobile Communications and Smartphones: A Novel Analysis of Patient Comprehension of Cancer-Related Information Available Through Mobile Applications
- Creators
- Christopher Kim - Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyArpan V. Prabhu - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterDavid R. Hansberry - Jefferson University HospitalsNitin Agarwal - University of PittsburghDwight E. Heron - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterSushil Beriwal - UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
- Publication Details
- Cancer investigation, v 37(3), pp 127-133
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Radiation Oncology (and Nuclear Medicine)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000466898400001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85062460447
- Other Identifier
- 991021897370304721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Oncology