Readability of AI-Generated Patient Information Leaflets on Alzheimer's, Vascular Dementia, and Delirium.

Cureus · 2025 · PMC12229138 · PMID 40621318

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did not reach statistical significancep= 0.061so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Although the other indices - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL), Gunning Fog Index, and Automated Readability Index (ARI) - did not reach statistical significance, they approached the conventional alpha level of 0.05 (p= 0.061, 0.066, and 0.061 respectively), suggesting possible trends that may be more evident with a larger sample.

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approached significanceno p-value reported

Other metrics showed trends that approached significance.

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near-significantno p-value reported

While statistically significant and near-significant results were reported, the study did not calculate effect sizes.

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