Bharmal Rozana Valiji, Johal Ama
Oral Bioengineering (Orthodontics), Institute of Dentistry, Bart's and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary College, London, UK.
Patient Prefer Adherence. 2018 Jun 19;12:1065-1070. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S153438. eCollection 2018.
The aim of the study was to develop a high-quality valid patient information website with regard to hypodontia and its management, and to test its effectiveness in delivering this information.
A patient-based hypodontia website was created and placed on the Trust's website. It was then validated using five website assessment tools: Flesch reading ease score, LIDA, DISCERN, Journal of American Medical Association and Health on the Net seal. A cross-sectional prospective design was adopted using a 15-item questionnaire to assess the effectiveness of the newly created hypodontia website in helping participants understand their management. New patients attending their first hypodontia clinic consultation appointment were invited to complete the questionnaire both before and after visiting the website.
The newly created hypodontia website scored well with the website validation tools in comparison with previously assessed hypodontia websites. Forty participants (25 female) took part in the questionnaire study, with a mean age of 15.3 (SD 6.1) years. After visiting the website, 85% of participants felt the website was helpful in understanding hypodontia, with an observed improvement in all domains of the questionnaire, reaching statistical significance (<0.05-0.001) in 10 of the 15 items.
This study found that patients felt that a hypodontia website was effective in improving their perceived knowledge of hypodontia.
本研究的目的是开发一个关于缺牙症及其治疗的高质量有效患者信息网站，并测试其在提供该信息方面的有效性。
创建了一个基于患者的缺牙症网站，并放置在信托机构的网站上。然后使用五种网站评估工具对其进行验证：弗莱什易读性分数、LIDA、DISCERN、《美国医学会杂志》和健康在线认证。采用横断面前瞻性设计，使用一份15项问卷来评估新创建的缺牙症网站在帮助参与者了解其治疗方面的有效性。邀请首次参加缺牙症门诊咨询预约的新患者在访问网站之前和之后完成问卷。
与之前评估的缺牙症网站相比，新创建的缺牙症网站在网站验证工具上得分良好。40名参与者（25名女性）参与了问卷调查，平均年龄为15.3岁（标准差6.1）。访问网站后，85%的参与者认为该网站有助于了解缺牙症，问卷所有领域均有明显改善，15项中有10项达到统计学显著性（<0.05 - 0.001）。
本研究发现患者认为缺牙症网站能有效提高他们对缺牙症的认知。
