In the BMJ,
| Websites are too complex to understand: Online health advice for people with diabetes is often too complex to understand, according to a study from Bath University of 15 internet health sites. NHS Direct Online was the hardest to understand, needing a reading age of an educated 16 year old. But the BMJ Publishing Group’s BestTreatments scored closer to the reading age of a 9 year old—which is the average reading ability of people in the United Kingdom. |
What caught my attention was not the essence of this report but rather the average reading ability in the United Kingdom. I would expect the UK to have a higher reading ability than that of a 9 year old!!! What would be the average reading ability in Malaysia?
