Department of Dental Hygiene, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
Patient Educ Couns. 2012 Oct;89(1):76-81. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.05.010. Epub 2012 Jun 27.
The purpose of this study was to examine the readability of published patient-related outcome (PRO) questionnaires completed by persons with oral disease and to compare the readability results to existing data about average reading levels for adults living in the United States.
A search was conducted via Pubmed and Google Scholar to identify PRO oral health-related questionnaires completed by patients. Reading grade levels were analyzed for 10 oral health-related PRO questionnaires using three readability formulas.
The most significant results were as follows:
Developers of PRO questionnaires should consider readability as another testable construct.
To obtain the most useful information for treatment planning and outcomes assessments, the dental professional should consider the reading level needed to understand a particular PRO questionnaire.
本研究旨在检查由口腔疾病患者完成的已发表的与患者相关的结局(PRO)问卷的可读性,并将这些结果与美国成年人的平均阅读水平的现有数据进行比较。
通过 Pubmed 和 Google Scholar 进行检索,以确定由患者完成的与口腔健康相关的 PRO 问卷。使用三种可读性公式分析了 10 种口腔健康相关 PRO 问卷的阅读水平等级。
最显著的结果如下:
PRO 问卷的开发者应该将可读性作为另一个可测试的结构来考虑。
为了从治疗计划和结果评估中获得最有用的信息,牙科专业人员应考虑理解特定 PRO 问卷所需的阅读水平。