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Table 1 Median and mean readability scores of advance directive forms for the 50 states and the District of Columbia of the United States using 6 different readability scales.

From: Readability of state-sponsored advance directive forms in the United States: a cross sectional study

Scale

Median (range)

Mean (SD)

Flesch-Kincaid

11.6 (7.6 to 19)

11.9 (2.6)

ARI

11.3 (6.5 to 19)

11.5 (3.0)

Linsear Write

13.4 (4.1 to 19)

13.5 (3.6)

Few Fog Count

11.9 (3.6 to 19)

12.3 (3.6)

SARI

9.5 (5.1 to 19)

9.8 (2.8)

FRESV

47.5 (0 to 62)

45.5 (11.3)

  1. Abbreviations: ARI, Automated Readability Index; FRESV, Flesch Reading Ease scale value; SARI, Simplified Automated Readability Index.
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