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The modalities included orthokeratology, myopia control spectacle lenses, myopia control soft contact lenses and atropine. The products included MiYOSMART\u00ae [HOYA\u00ae], Stellest\u00ae [Essilor\u00ae], MyoCare\u00ae [ZEISS], MiSight\u00ae 1 day [CooperVision\u00ae], ACUVUE\u00ae Abiliti\u00ae 1-Day [Johnson &amp; Johnson], NaturalVue\u00ae Multifocal 1 Day [VTI], ACUVUE\u00ae Abiliti\u00ae Overnight [Johnson &amp; Johnson] and Eikance [Aspen Pharmacare Australia]. These searches gave 120 results. Readability was assessed with Flesch Reading Ease Score (FRES), Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL), Gunning Fog Index (GFI), Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) Index and Coleman Liau Index (CLI). Additionally, websites were scored on\n                      <jats:italic>Journal of the American Medical Association<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic>JAMA<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) benchmark criteria. Statistical analysis was performed with two-tailed tests.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of 120 websites, none met the recommended sixth-grade reading level across all readability indices. There were 13 websites meeting at least one readability index, 10 being product-related. There were seven websites satisfying all four\n                      <jats:italic>JAMA<\/jats:italic>\n                      benchmarks, while the majority met one. There was a weak positive relationship between product search rank and readability (SMOG\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.02, GFI\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.02) and a weak negative relationship between\n                      <jats:italic>JAMA<\/jats:italic>\n                      benchmarks and readability for both modality (CLI\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.045) and product (CLI\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.049).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Online information about myopia management is generally written above the recommended sixth-grade reading level and does not meet all\n                      <jats:italic>JAMA<\/jats:italic>\n                      benchmarks. Websites that appear as top search results do not necessarily have easier readability. 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