Kumar K V S Hari, Aravinda K, Varadarajulu Rachel Natasha
Department of Endocrinology, Command Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Oct;17(Suppl 1):S363-6. doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.119626.
The essence of communication is to convey a message, and readability tests have been developed to quantify this aspect of language. There is limited research on the readability tests of journal contents from India. In this study, we performed readability tests on the editorials of four popular Indian medical journals.
THE READABILITY TESTS (FLESCH SCORE, FLESCH GRADE, AND TEXT STATISTICS) WERE CALCULATED FROM THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS: Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism (IJEM), Journal of Association of Physicians of India (JAPI), Journal of Indian Medical Association (JIMA), and International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries (IJDDC). The editorials published in these journals over the last 2 tears were included in this analysis.
A total of 64 editorials (IJEM - 19, JAPI - 18, JIMA - 16, IJDDC - 11) were analyzed in this study. The mean readability score was (IJEM 34.8 ± 9.5; JAPI 31.4 ± 11.4; JIMA 29.6 ± 10.1; IJDDC 26.1 ± 17.7) not different between the journals (P = 0.2666). Flesch score was less variable in IJEM an d JIMA than in JAPI and IJDDC (P = 0.0167). The editorials from IJEM and JAPI had a lower Flesch grade than the remaining two journals (P = 0.0253). The readability score was directly proportional to the sentence count and inversely proportional to the words per sentence (P < 0.0001).
Our results suggest that the editorials from all the medical journals have equal readability scores. The sentence count and words per sentence are important to achieve a high readability score while writing for a journal.
沟通的本质是传递信息，为此已开发出可读性测试来量化语言的这一方面。关于印度医学期刊内容的可读性测试研究有限。在本研究中，我们对四份印度流行医学期刊的社论进行了可读性测试。
从以下期刊计算可读性测试（弗莱什分数、弗莱什等级和文本统计）：《印度内分泌与代谢杂志》（IJEM）、《印度医师协会杂志》（JAPI）、《印度医学协会杂志》（JIMA）和《发展中国家国际糖尿病杂志》（IJDDC）。纳入分析的是这些期刊在过去两年发表的社论。
本研究共分析了64篇社论（IJEM - 19篇、JAPI - 18篇、JIMA - 16篇、IJDDC - 11篇）。平均可读性得分分别为（IJEM 34.8 ± 9.5；JAPI 31.4 ± 11.4；JIMA 29.6 ± 10.1；IJDDC 26.1 ± 17.7），各期刊之间无差异（P = 0.2666）。IJEM和JIMA的弗莱什分数比JAPI和IJDDC的变化小（P = 0.0167）。IJEM和JAPI的社论弗莱什等级低于其余两份期刊（P = 0.0253）。可读性得分与句子数量成正比，与每句单词数成反比（P < 0.0001）。
我们的结果表明，所有医学期刊的社论具有相同的可读性得分。在为期刊撰写文章时，句子数量和每句单词数对于获得高可读性得分很重要。
