Readability Assessment of Online Patient Education Material on Congestive Heart Failure.
Readability Assessment of Online Patient Education Material on Congestive Heart Failure.
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10.1155/2017/9780317
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
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Griffith, Robert
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Kher, Akhil;Johnson, Sandra;Griffith, Robert
背景：在线健康信息正越来越多地被普通民众使用。然而，这些信息通常只对一小部分读者有利，这可能会导致患者的医疗结果不佳。目的：通过6种可读性评估工具评估关于充血性心力衰竭主题的在线患者教育材料的可读性。在最初的100个网站中，只有70个网站符合选择和排除标准。结果：70个网站中只有5个在推荐的六年级可读性范围内。平均可读性得分如下：Flesch-Kincaid等级(9.79)，Gunning-Fog(11.95)，Coleman-Liau指数(15.17)，烟雾指数(11.39)，Flesch阅读轻松(48.87)。需要努力更好地为普通民众量身定做在线患者教育材料。
BACKGROUND: Online health information is being used more ubiquitously by the general population. However, this information typically favors only a small percentage of readers, which can result in suboptimal medical outcomes for patients.OBJECTIVE: The readability of online patient education materials regarding the topic of congestive heart failure was assessed through six readability assessment tools.METHODS: The search phrase "congestive heart failure" was employed into the search engine Google. Out of the first 100 websites, only 70 were included attending to compliance with selection and exclusion criteria. These were then assessed through six readability assessment tools.RESULTS: Only 5 out of 70 websites were within the limits of the recommended sixth-grade readability level. The mean readability scores were as follows: the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (9.79), Gunning-Fog Score (11.95), Coleman-Liau Index (15.17), Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) index (11.39), and the Flesch Reading Ease (48.87).CONCLUSION: Most of the analyzed websites were found to be above the sixth-grade readability level recommendations. Efforts need to be made to better tailor online patient education materials to the general population.