Table 3 Summary readability, understandability, actionability and quality assessment of included PEMs and PDAs identified in the environmental scan

Readability assessment (n = 88)

Flesch reading ease (0–100)

60.56 (± 10.38)

Fog scale (0–20)

11.32 (± 2.45)

Flesch-Kincaid grade level (0–18)

11.32 (± 2.45)

Coleman Liau (0–17)

10.51 (± 1.99)

SMOG

8.29 (± 1.70)

Automated readability index (1–14)

9.85 (± 2.83)

Linsear write formula

10.06 (± 3.44)

Health literacy evaluation (n = 88)

PEMAT-understandability

87 (± 10)

PEMAT-actionability

67 (± 23)

IPDAS (n = 5)

Proportion qualified as decision aid

5

Certification criteria

61.5 (± 8.6)

Quality criteria

61.8 (± 13.2)

Mean (SD)

67 (± 12)

Low

3 (3.41)

Low-moderate

20 (22.73)

Moderate

38 (43.18)

Moderate-high

17 (19.32)

High

10 (11.36)