Quality and readability of French on-line information about otitis media with effusion
| Autor: | J. Molher, L. Duchene, N. Bukhardt, D. Bonnard, T. Sagardoy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Audiology Target range Spearman's rank correlation coefficient Reading level 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Quality (business) 030223 otorhinolaryngology Child Grade level media_common Internet business.industry Otitis Media with Effusion Readability Otitis Otorhinolaryngology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Surgery medicine.symptom business Comprehension Quality information |
| Zdroj: | European annals of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck diseases. 138(6) |
| ISSN: | 1879-730X |
| Popis: | Introduction Childhood otitis media with effusion (OME) is a frequent disease often misunderstood by parents. Information on the Internet is of variable quality and readability. The aim of this study was to measure the quality and readability of French websites related to OME. Material and methods An advanced Google search was conducted using the terms “Otite sero-muqueuse OR Otite sereuse”. Quality was assessed on DISCERN criteria. Readability was assessed using Flesch Reading Ease Scoring (FRES), Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL), the Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) and a Fry graph. Medians and standard deviations were calculated. Correlation between quality and readability was assessed on Spearman r coefficient. Results The first ten websites meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria were evaluated. One had been updated during the last 12 months. Median DISCERN score was 49 ± 13.7/80. Median FRES score was 46 ± 9.5/100. Median USA grade-level estimated by FKGL and SMOG respectively was 11 ± 1.7 and 12 ± 1.5. Six websites had Fry score > 12. One website showed high quality. One had a readability score in the target range (below 9th grade reading level (age 14–15)) according to FRES and FKGL. A suggestive correlation was found between lower SMOG readability and higher quality: r = 0.72 (P = 0.024). Three websites followed the most recent scientific guidelines. Conclusion Online information about OME was of variable quality and readability. Good quality information tended to be less easily understandable by parents. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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