Are You Sometimes Confused by Written Medical Instructions
Now, imagine what it would be like if you were sick, scared and
had only third grade reading skills. Your doctor tells you, "You've
got to follow these instructions exactly, or you could die."
About 200 recent studies have shown the reading difficulty of
most health related materials FAR exceeds the average reading
abilities of the American adult. One of the biggest silent health
problems today is the gap between health materials and reading
skills.
In the United States, the average reading level is eighth grade.
In 1992, the Educational Testing Service determined that half
U.S. adults read at between first and eight grade level. That is
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