Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Waikato District Health Board, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Department of Surgery, Waikato Clinical Campus, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
J Laryngol Otol. 2021 Nov;135(11):976-980. doi: 10.1017/S0022215121002164. Epub 2021 Aug 16.
There is limited understanding amongst patients and parents of paediatric patients regarding adenoidectomy. Most patients access health-related information online. The aim of this study was to assess the suitability of online information on adenoidectomy.
The term 'adenoid' was used to search Google, and the first 50 websites identified were screened. For each website, the readability and quality were assessed.
Of the 41 websites that met the inclusion criteria, the mean readability scores corresponded to 'difficult to read' and university-level reading categories. For the quality of the websites, the mean score corresponded to 'fair' with 39 per cent of the websites containing either 'poor' or 'very poor' quality data. The ENT UK information is one of the most readable and reliable online resources.
The online information on adenoidectomy is largely set at an inappropriate readability level and of variable quality. Surgeons should consider assisting their patients with online searches regarding adenoidectomy.
患儿及其家长对腺样体切除术的了解有限。大多数患者通过互联网获取健康相关信息。本研究旨在评估腺样体切除术相关在线信息的适宜性。
使用“adenoid”一词在谷歌上进行搜索，并筛选出前 50 个识别出的网站。对每个网站的可读性和质量进行评估。
在符合纳入标准的 41 个网站中，平均可读性评分对应于“难以阅读”和大学阅读水平。就网站质量而言，平均得分为“中等”，其中 39%的网站包含“差”或“非常差”质量的数据。ENT UK 信息是最易读和最可靠的在线资源之一。
腺样体切除术的在线信息在很大程度上设置在不合适的可读性水平和可变的质量上。外科医生应考虑协助患者进行腺样体切除术的在线搜索。
