Department of Neurological Surgery, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 90 Bergen Street, Suite 8100, Newark, NJ 07101-1709, USA.
J Clin Neurosci. 2013 Oct;20(10):1357-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.10.047. Epub 2013 Jul 1.
Americans have increasingly utilized the internet as a first-line resource for a variety of information, including healthcare-oriented materials. Therefore, these online resources should be written at a level the average American can understand. Patient education resources specifically written for and available to the public were downloaded from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons website and assessed for their level of readability using the Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Simple Measure of Gobbledygook Grading, Coleman-Liau Index, and Gunning-Fog Index. A total of 71 subsections from different neurosurgical specialties were reviewed, including Cerebrovascular, Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Neurotrauma and Critical Care, Pain, Pediatric, Stereotactic and Functional, and Tumor material. All neurosurgical subspecialty education material provided on the American Association of Neurological Surgeons website was uniformly written at a level that was too high, as assessed by all modalities. In order to reach a larger patient population, patient education materials on the American Association of Neurological Surgeons website should be revised with the goal of simplifying readability.
美国人越来越多地将互联网作为获取各种信息的首选资源，包括医疗保健相关的材料。因此，这些在线资源的编写应该让普通美国人能够理解。从美国神经外科学会网站下载了专门为公众编写的患者教育资源，并使用 Flesch 阅读舒适度、Flesch-Kincaid 年级水平、简单的胡言乱语分级、Coleman-Liau 指数和 Gunning-Fog 指数评估其可读性水平。共评估了来自不同神经外科专业的 71 个小节，包括脑血管、脊柱和周围神经、神经创伤和重症监护、疼痛、儿科、立体定向和功能以及肿瘤材料。美国神经外科学会网站上提供的所有神经外科亚专业教育材料的评估结果表明，所有模式都显示出编写水平过高。为了让更多的患者受益，美国神经外科学会网站上的患者教育材料应该进行修订，以简化可读性。
