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Two researchers independently evaluated the readability of webpages using an Online Health Information Readability Evaluation Tool across seven dimensions. Besides, we also applied linguistic analysis techniques to assess readability from text factors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Readability scores ranged from 0.49 to 0.98 for 92 included articles, with an average of 0.78 \u00b1 0.10. Among the evaluation dimensions, organizational layout obtained the highest score, whereas visual assistance received the lowest score. No statistically significant differences were observed in readability level across different regions or information topics (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &gt; 0.05). For text factors of readability, the mean value of difficulty coefficient (scored on a 1\u2013200 scale, where a value greater than 30 indicated relatively high reading difficulty) was 63.56 \u00b1 10.79, suggesting the articles were challenging to read. The correlation coefficient between the webpage readability score and the text difficulty coefficient was \u22120.535 (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The overall readability of the COVID-19 health information published by China's Provincial Health Commissions is acceptable, but the improvement measures for public understanding are needed. Health information producers should better align with the general public's literacy level through using shorter sentences, providing specific behavioral guidance with clear visual assistance, and utilize question-and-answer formats, which will be helpful to enhance the dissemination of the COVID-19 health information in China.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/20552076251393294","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,20]],"date-time":"2025-11-20T17:24:57Z","timestamp":1763659497000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Readability of COVID-19 health science information on the official websites of 27 Provincial Health Commissions in China"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-3593-0180","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yuxi","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China"},{"name":"The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jia","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qingqing","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chen","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Siqi","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lan","family":"Ji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fei","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lunfang","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China"},{"name":"The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","unstructured":"World Health Organization. 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