Ridpath Jessica R, Wiese Cheryl J, Greene Sarah M
Group Health Center for Health Studies, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA.
Am J Health Promot. 2009 Jul-Aug;23(6):371-5. doi: 10.4278/ajhp.080613-CIT-94.
Communicating in lay language is an underdeveloped skill among many researchers-a limitation that contributes to low readability among research consent forms and may hinder participant understanding of study procedures and risks. We present the Project to Review and Improve Study Materials (PRISM) and its centerpiece, the PRISM Readability Toolkit. The toolkit provides strategies for creating study materials that are readable and participant centered, focusing on consent forms but also addressing other participant materials. Based on plain language principles, this free resource includes a flexible menu of tools, such as an editing checklist, before and after examples, easy-to-read template language, and a list of alternative words. Among PRISM's ongoing goals is to test the toolkit with populations groups.
用通俗易懂的语言进行沟通，在许多研究人员中是一项尚未得到充分发展的技能——这一局限导致研究同意书的可读性较低，可能会阻碍参与者对研究程序和风险的理解。我们介绍了研究材料审查与改进项目（PRISM）及其核心内容，即PRISM可读性工具包。该工具包提供了创建具有可读性且以参与者为中心的研究材料的策略，重点是同意书，但也涉及其他参与者材料。基于通俗易懂的语言原则，这个免费资源包括一系列灵活的工具，如编辑清单、前后示例、易读的模板语言以及替代词列表。PRISM当前的目标之一是在不同人群中测试该工具包。
