Plain language summaries (PLSs) have been introduced to communicate research in an
understandable way to a nonexpert audience. Guidelines for writing PLSs have been …

Background Health evidence needs to be communicated and disseminated in a manner that
is clearly understood by decision-makers. As an inherent component of health knowledge …

When seeking information not covered in patient-friendly documents, healthcare consumers
may turn to the research literature. Reading medical papers, however, can be a challenging …

Background Plain language summaries (PLSs) are intended to provide readers with a clear,
nontechnical, and easily understandable overview of medical and scientific literature; …

Background Peer-reviewed scientific publications and congress abstracts are typically
written by scientists for specialist audiences; however, patients and other non-specialists are …

Key points: Plain language summaries (PLS) are accessible, short, peer‐reviewed
summaries of scholarly journal articles written in non‐technical language. The aim of PLS is …

Objectives We aimed to gather multi-stakeholder insights on key issues relating to plain
language summaries (PLS) of company-sponsored medical research to inform future …

Background Implementation science scholars have made significant progress identifying
factors that enable or obstruct the implementation of evidence-based interventions, and …

Plain language summaries (PLSs) are easily comprehensible summaries of scientific
articles. They translate research findings for nonexperts to foster laypersons' understanding …

Communicating research findings to the public in a clear but engaging manner is
challenging, yet central for maximizing their societal impact. This systematic review aimed to …