Department of Neonatology, Dr. Ali Kemal Belviranli Hospital for Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Konya, Turkey.
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation Clinic, Konya Numune Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
Birth Defects Res. 2021 Jul 15;113(12):901-910. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1883. Epub 2021 Feb 17.
The purpose of this study is to assess the readability, understandability, and quality of information on retinopathy of prematurity presented at websites frequently visited by parents.
A total of 220 websites were assessed, which were recruited by searching for "retinopathy of prematurity" at the Google search engine. The readability of each web page was assessed by Flesch Reading Ease Score, Gobbledygook's Gunning Frequency, Flesch Kincaid Grade Level, Coleman Liau score, The Simple Measure of Gobbledygook, Fry Graph Readability Formula, and Automated readability score. The understandability of the web pages included in the study was measured by using the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool. Quality was evaluated using Health in Net code and JAMA. The ALEXA traffic tool was used to reference the domains' popularity and visibility.
Sixty-four websites were included to the study. The average Flesch Reading Ease Score was 50.1 ± 11.4, Gunning Frequency of Gobbledygook level was 13.4 ± 2.5, The Flesch-Kincaid Grade level was 10.7 ± 2.2, Coleman Liau level was 10.8 ± 1.7, Simple Measure of Gobbledygook level was 10.0 ± 1.9, and Fry Graph Readability Formula 11.9 ± 2.7, Automated readability score 10.4 ± 2.5. The average understandability score for all website-based patient education materials was 76.9 ± 15.2. Total JAMA Benchmark score is 2.27 ± 1.14 (range from 1 to 4). The quality of information at most websites were determined by our chosen assessments to not to be good.
Websites addressed to parents for retinopathy of prematurity had found to have high understandability. It was concluded based on this study that readability and quality of presented written materials at online sources need to be improved.
本研究旨在评估早产儿视网膜病变相关网站提供的信息的可读性、可理解性和质量，这些网站是父母经常访问的。
通过在谷歌搜索引擎上搜索“早产儿视网膜病变”，共评估了 220 个网站。通过弗莱什阅读容易度评分、古伯丁格的冈宁频率、弗莱什-金凯德年级水平、科尔曼-廖氏评分、简单古伯丁格测量、弗莱图表阅读难度公式和自动阅读得分来评估每个网页的可读性。研究中包含的网页的可理解性通过使用患者教育材料评估工具进行测量。使用健康网络代码和 JAMA 对质量进行评估。使用 ALEXA 流量工具参考域名的受欢迎程度和可见度。
共有 64 个网站纳入研究。平均弗莱什阅读容易度评分为 50.1±11.4，古伯丁格胡言乱语水平的冈宁频率为 13.4±2.5，弗莱什-金凯德年级水平为 10.7±2.2，科尔曼-廖氏水平为 10.8±1.7，简单古伯丁格水平为 10.0±1.9，弗莱图表阅读难度公式为 11.9±2.7，自动阅读得分 10.4±2.5。所有基于网站的患者教育材料的平均可理解性评分为 76.9±15.2。总 JAMA 基准评分为 2.27±1.14（范围为 1 至 4）。根据我们的选择评估，大多数网站的信息质量都不好。
针对早产儿视网膜病变的父母的网站发现具有较高的可理解性。本研究得出结论，在线来源提供的书面材料的可读性和质量需要提高。
