Samir A. Ballestas, MD, is a resident at the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Roberto M. Soriano, MD, is a post doctoral research fellow at the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Plast Surg Nurs. 2020 Jul/Sep;40(3):145-149. doi: 10.1097/PSN.0000000000000311.
Patients frequently access online resources for medical information. The National Institutes of Health and the American Medical Association recommend that to be understood by the average American, patient information should be presented at or below the sixth to seventh academic grade level. The popularity of rhytidectomy (facelift) is rising, and providers are frequently using the Internet to attract patients. All rhytidectomy information provided by 100 private practice Web sites in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix was analyzed using Readable.io software. The information was also assessed using the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Gunning-Fog Index, Coleman-Liau Index, Simple Measure of Gobbledygook, Automated Readability Index, Flesch Reading Ease Score, and Fry Reading Graph tools. Analyzed material was written at a higher academic grade level than recommended for the average American. The overall average grade level was 10.99 ± 1.39. Online patient education materials about rhytidectomy provided by private practice clinics in 5 major cities of the United States were written at academic grade levels above the National Institutes of Health and American Medical Association recommended levels. This may lead to rhytidectomy patients having unrealistic or inaccurate expectations related to their surgical procedure.
患者经常访问在线资源以获取医疗信息。美国国立卫生研究院和美国医学协会建议，为了让普通美国人能够理解，患者信息应呈现为六年级至七年级的学术水平或以下。除皱术（面部拉皮术）的普及程度正在上升，提供者经常使用互联网来吸引患者。使用 Readable.io 软件分析了纽约市、洛杉矶、芝加哥、休斯顿和凤凰城的 100 家私人诊所的所有除皱术信息。还使用 Flesch-Kincaid 年级水平、Gunning-Fog 指数、Coleman-Liau 指数、简单胡言乱语测量、自动阅读水平指数、Flesch 阅读舒适度得分和 Fry 阅读图表工具评估了信息。分析的材料比推荐给普通美国人的学术水平要高。总体平均水平为 10.99 ± 1.39。美国 5 个主要城市的私人诊所提供的关于除皱术的在线患者教育材料的学术水平高于美国国立卫生研究院和美国医学协会推荐的水平。这可能导致除皱术患者对他们的手术产生不切实际或不准确的期望。
