“Is all the stuff about neurons necessary?” The development of lay summaries to disseminate findings from the Newcastle Cognitive Function after Stroke (COGFAST) study

Table 3 Flesch reading ease and Flesch-Kincaid grade level of the first draft of each lay summary compared to the final version

Lay summary number	Flesch Reading Ease		Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level
Lay summary number	First draft (before focus group)	Final version (After focus group 2)	First draft (before focus group)	Final version (after focus group 2)
1	80	75.5	5.2	6.5
2	69.9	62.6	6.2	8.9
3	69.7	78.5	9.7	6
4	67.2	57.3	8.9	8.5

The higher the Flesch reading ease score, the easier the text is to read. The higher the grade level, the higher the reading age

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