Patient-oriented online resources in pediatric surgery: Are we failing the readability test?
| Autor: | Stephen W. Bickler, Timothy J. Fairbanks, James M. Prieto, Cassidy West-Santos, David A. Lazar, Hariharan Thangarajah, Utsav M. Patwardhan, Romeo C. Ignacio, Agnes S. Montgomery, Eunice Y. Huang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Internet business.industry General Medicine Evidence-based medicine Hospitals Pediatric Readability 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Patient Education as Topic 030225 pediatrics 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Readability test Patient information Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Pediatric surgery Medicine Humans Surgery Medical physics Pediatric Surgical Procedures Location business Child Patient education |
| Zdroj: | Journal of pediatric surgery. 55(10) |
| ISSN: | 1531-5037 |
| Popis: | The study aim was to evaluate the readability of patient-oriented resources in pediatric surgery from children's hospitals in the US.The websites of 30 children's hospitals were evaluated for information on 10 common pediatric surgical procedures. Hospitals of varying characteristics including bed number, geographic location and ACS Children's Surgery Verification (CSV) were selected for the study. Readability scores were calculated using validated algorithms, and text was assigned an overall grade level.Of 195 patient-oriented resources identified, only three (2%) were written at or below the recommended sixth grade level. Larger hospitals provided patient information at a higher grade level than medium and smaller sized centers (10.7 vs 9.3 vs 9.0 respectively, p 0.001). Hospital size also correlated with availability of information, with large and medium sized hospitals having information more often. Hospitals with ACS CSV had information available more often, and written at a lower grade level, compared to nonverified centers (78% vs 62%, p = 0.023; 9.0 vs 10.0, p = 0.013).Most hospital provided patient-oriented resources in pediatric surgery are written at a grade level well above the national guidelines. Centers with ACS CSV status have improved availability and readability of this material, while larger hospitals have improved availability, but decreased readability.Modeling study.III. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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