Is the Readability of Spine-Related Patient Education Material Improving?
| Autor: | Mark A. Palumbo, Adam E.M. Eltorai, Morgan Cheatham, Siddharth Marthi, Alan H. Daniels, Victor Dang, Syed S Naqvi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
MEDLINE Health literacy Subspecialty 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Patient Education as Topic Quality of life Humans Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Societies Medical Internet 030222 orthopedics business.industry Evidence-based medicine Readability Health Literacy Reading Family medicine Spinal Diseases Neurology (clinical) Health information business Patient education |
| Zdroj: | Spine. 41:1041-1048 |
| ISSN: | 1528-1159 0362-2436 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/brs.0000000000001446 |
| Popis: | STUDY DESIGN Analysis of spine-related patient education materials (PEMs) from subspecialty websites. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the readability of spine-related PEMs and compare to readability data from 2008. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Many spine patients use the Internet for health information. Several agencies recommend that the readability of online PEMs should be no greater than a sixth-grade reading level, as health literacy predicts health-related quality of life outcomes. This study evaluated whether the North American Spine Society (NASS), American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) online PEMs meet recommended readability guidelines for medical information. METHODS All publicly accessible spine-related entries within the patient education section of the NASS, AANS, and AAOS websites were analyzed for grade level readability using the Flesch-Kincaid formula. Readability scores were also compared with a similar 2008 analysis. Comparative statistics were performed. RESULTS A total of 125 entries from the subspecialty websites were analyzed. The average (SD) readability of the online articles was grade level 10.7 (2.3). Of the articles, 117 (93.6%) had a readability score above the sixth-grade level. The readability of the articles exceeded the maximum recommended level by an average of 4.7 grade levels (95% CI, 4.292-5.103; P |
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