Singh Som P, Qureshi Fahad M, Borthwick Kiera G, Singh Sagar, Menon Shreya, Barthel Brandon
Division of Endocrinology, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO.
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.
Kans J Med. 2022 Jul 21;15(2):247-252. doi: 10.17161/kjm.vol15.16529. eCollection 2022.
The internet is an ever-evolving resource to improve healthcare literacy among patients. The nature of the internet can make it difficult to condense educational materials in a manner applicable to a worldwide patient audience. Within the realm of endocrinology, there is lack of a comprehensive analysis regarding these pathologies in addition to education materials related to their medical work-up or management. The aim of this study was to assess contemporary online patient education material in endocrinology and management of care.
Analysis of the readability of 1,500 unique online education materials was performed utilizing seven readability measures: Flesch Reading Ease (FRE), Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL), Gunning Fog Index Readability Formula (FOG), Simple Measure of Gobbledygook Index (SMOG), Coleman-Liau Index (CLI), automated readability index (ARI), and Linsear Write Formula (LWF).
The average grade level readability scores from six measures (e.g., FKGL, FOG, SMOG, CLI, ARI, LWF) was more than or equal to 11 which corresponds to a reading level at or above the 11th grade. The average FRE between adrenal, diabetes, and thyroid-related education m aterial ranged between "fairly difficult" to "very difficult".
The readability of contemporary online endocrine education material did not meet current readability recommendations for appropriate comprehension of the general audience.
互联网是一种不断发展的资源，可用于提高患者的医疗素养。互联网的特性使得难以以适用于全球患者群体的方式浓缩教育材料。在内分泌学领域，除了与疾病检查或管理相关的教育材料外，对于这些病症缺乏全面分析。本研究的目的是评估内分泌学方面当代在线患者教育材料及护理管理情况。
利用七种可读性测量方法对1500份独特的在线教育材料的可读性进行分析：弗莱什易读性指数（FRE）、弗莱什-金凯德年级水平指数（FKGL）、冈宁雾度指数可读性公式（FOG）、简单费解度指数（SMOG）、科尔曼-廖指数（CLI）、自动可读性指数（ARI）和林西厄书写公式（LWF）。
六种测量方法（如FKGL、FOG、SMOG、CLI、ARI、LWF）的平均年级水平可读性得分大于或等于11，这对应于11年级及以上的阅读水平。肾上腺、糖尿病和甲状腺相关教育材料之间的平均FRE在“相当困难”到“非常困难”之间。
当代在线内分泌教育材料的可读性未达到当前关于普通受众适当理解的可读性建议。
