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Jargon and Readability in Plain Language Summaries of Health Research: Cross-Sectional Observational Study

Jargon and Readability in Plain Language Summaries of Health Research: Cross-Sectional Observational Study

If a text uses only common words, the score is 100; lower scores indicate more use of mid-frequency and jargon words. The score is calculated using this formula: We downloaded the source code [34] for the calculator and used it to work out a jargon score for each PLS. A higher score means that less jargon was used. We created additional outcome variables to identify PLSs that were better in terms of readability and jargon.

Iain A Lang, Angela King, Kate Boddy, Ken Stein, Lauren Asare, Jo Day, Kristin Liabo

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e50862