Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA.
Laryngoscope. 2013 Jan;123(1):90-6. doi: 10.1002/lary.23574. Epub 2012 Sep 28.
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: Deficient health literacy remains a widespread public issue. As such, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recommends that all patient resources should be written around a sixth-grade level. The authors evaluate healthcare-oriented resources specified for patient use on the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) Web site in order to identify potential areas of improvement and highlight those sections that may serve as paradigms for future revisions.
Descriptive and correlational design.
Seventeen healthcare-oriented resources specifically for patients were downloaded in February 2012 from the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Web site. Readability assessments of each article were performed using Readability Studio Professional Edition Version 2012.1. These tests included the Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, SMOG Grading, Coleman-Liau Index, Gunning-Fog Index, the New Fog Count, the New Dale-Chall Readability Formula, FORCAST formula, Raygor Readability Estimate, and the Fry Graph.
Patient health education material found on the AAFPRS Web site has been found to be written at an average grade level of 12th grade using 10 different readability scales.
Modifications of the patient education section of the AAFPRS Web site can increase the readability of the literature, and allow greater comprehension among a wider audience.
目的/假设：健康素养不足仍是一个普遍存在的公众问题。因此，美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）建议所有患者资源的书写应围绕六年级水平。作者评估了美国面部整形重建外科学会（AAFPRS）网站上专为患者使用指定的面向医疗保健的资源，以确定潜在的改进领域，并突出那些可能作为未来修订范例的部分。
描述性和相关性设计。
2012 年 2 月，从美国面部整形重建外科学会网站下载了 17 种专为患者提供的面向医疗保健的资源。使用 Readability Studio Professional Edition Version 2012.1 对每篇文章的可读性进行评估。这些测试包括 Flesch 阅读舒适度、Flesch-Kincaid 年级水平、SMOG 分级、Coleman-Liau 指数、Gunning-Fog 指数、新 Fog 计数、新 Dale-Chall 可读性公式、FORCAST 公式、Raygor 可读性估计和 Fry 图。
在 AAFPRS 网站上发现的患者健康教育材料的平均阅读水平为 12 年级，使用了 10 种不同的可读性量表。
修改 AAFPRS 网站上的患者教育部分可以提高文献的可读性，使更广泛的受众更容易理解。
