Readability Test
Knowhownow – readability test professionals since 2006
Readability test Leesbaarheidstest Lesbarkeitstest Test di leggibilità Teste de lisibilité Läsbarhet testet
Knowhownow is a European Group of Readability testers, based in the Netherlands. Since 2006, we have guided over 1000 package leaflets to submission. Knowhownow conducts your readability test in the UK, Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden and the Netherlands. We are well known for our state of the art quality and flexibility. We conduct our readability tests on patient instruction leaflets by guidelines issued by MhrA, EMA, AIFA, CBG-MEB, PEI, Bfarm, MSNA, FAGG.
Furthermore we have quite a track record concerning our success rate: 100% of our tests have been validated by various authorities. We continue to receive sincere compliments from the authorities on the quality of our extended reports.
Knowhownow is situated only 40 minutes from European medicine Agency’s new location in Amsterdam with it’s canals and lovely bridges. Speaking off which.
Temporary location European medicine Agency
test de lisibilite
Selecting a Readability testing partner
Bridging seems to be the the fast and easy lane to an approved leaflet. However, it can be vital to check a leaflet in it’s actual form and shape. Sometimes, bits of text have moved to the next column and that can make a big difference to the reader, impacting the overal readability.
read moreknowledge-database
Since we all stand for save usage of medicines, we decided to start publishing our knowledge-database in a blog. It is loaded with valuable information on how people read and look for information. Use it, it contains raw data straight from the source: people without any medical knowledge. People using your products.
Congratulations to our 6-years old contribution to Wikipedia on the readability subject
Why Knowhownow
- In service pre-recommendations on PiL
- In service screening for cost-effective alternatives : bridging study, focus test
- Validated, reliable readability user testing
- Final report in English ready for submission
- Respectable track record
- Testing in Sweden, UK, Germany, France, Belgiun, The Netherlands and Italy
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Timeline:
– 4 weeks
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– Independent review of leaflet and mock-up.
– Minor rewriting of the leaflet.
– Recruitment of 20 fresh – native users / consumers
– Preparation of protocol / questionnaire
– Arranging interview facility, all 20 interviews are held under the same conditions. Any disturbances are documented.
– Conducting of the interviews.
– Reporting within 2 weeks after fieldwork.
– Merging of all documents into 1 PDF for submission (module 1.3.4)
– Printing of the mock-up in small batches
– Secure AVG / GDPR
– Documenting of individual detailed social demografic data of respondents (though not mandatory yet, we experience this is required by EMA and MHRA assessors more and more often).
– Documenting subjective ease of finding, PEI mandatory
Additional services:
PIL/Mock-up
– Mock up design: we comply with all National Agency Specifications as well as your company’s design specifications
– Review of the Word text. Amendments are based on technical readabilitity, use of laymen terms, thousands of interviews etc. All in order to optimize readability (i.e. legible, clear and easy to use). Generally prioir to testing.
– PIL reformatting to current QRD
– 3D mock-up preparations
2006
Experience since 2006
1000+
Tested Leaflets
100%
Success rate
For a readability test find our fieldwork sites in
(not limited to):
United Kingdom: London, Bishops’ Stortford
France: Colmar
Italy: Milan
Sweden: Umeå, Malmö
Germany: Kleve
The Netherlands: Nijmegen, Mook
Belgium: Liège
National authorities dealing with readability test
| Netherlands: | Leesbaarheidstest | CbG-MeB | www.cbg-meb.nl |
| Germany: | Lesbarkeitstest | Bfarm | http://www.bfarm.de/ |
| Denmark: | læsbarhed test | Danish Health and Medicines Authority | www.laegemiddelstyrelsen.dk |
| France: | test de lisibilité | ANSM | ansm.sante.fr |
| Finnland: | luettavuus testi | Fimea | www.fimea.fi |
| IrEland: | Readability test | HPRA | www.hpra.ie |
| Italy: | test di leggibilità | AIFA | www.agenziafarmaco.it |
| Norway: | lesbarhet test | Norwegian Medicines | www.legemiddelverket.no |
| Spain: | test de legibilidad | SAMH | www.aemps.gob.es |
| Sweden: | läsbarhet testet | Medical Products Agency | www.lakemedelsverket.se |
| UK: | Readability test | MHRA | www.mhra.gov.uk |
For manufacturers of medicines, Europe requests to present the leaflet in one language to consumer panels. When we test a package leaflet for readability, attention is paid to findability, comprehensibility and applicability of the information. The readability test may be a reason to further improve a package leaflet.
The readability test is a mandatory part of the European registration procedure and the test results are included in the registration dossier. Knowhownow tests package leaflets according to a fixed procedure that is based on the guidelines of the European Commission. Your contribution is very important.