Ms Vishak, Surendran Adwaith Krishna, Krishnan Nandini B, Raja Kalaiarasi
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, JIPMER, Dhanvantari Nagar, Puducherry, India.
JIPMER, Dhanvantari Nagar, Puducherry, India.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Feb;76(1):987-991. doi: 10.1007/s12070-023-04341-9. Epub 2023 Nov 9.
Hearing aids and implants are used to treat hearing loss, with cochlear implants being the most successful option for severe sensorineural hearing loss. Patients frequently use the internet as a trusted source of clinical information before committing to any therapeutic procedure, including receiving a cochlear implant. A health resource's readability and dependability influence its value to patients. Readability refers to how easily language can be understood, whereas reliability refers to the correctness and consistency of the information presented. JAMA standards and the DISCERN tool were used to assess the reliability of the websites listed. For readability analysis, the FRE, FKG and GFI were chosen. The acceptable readability level was set to < 7 for the FKG, GF score over 17 as the equivalent of college-level education and ≥ 80.0 for the FRE. The readability scores vary across the sources, suggesting a range of comprehension levels required for understanding the cochlear implant patient information found on Google. There was a statistical difference detected in Discern score between the groups ( = 0.008). The mean discern score was significantly higher in hospital generated sources when compared to industry (3.13 ± 0.69 vs. 2.11 ± 0.78, = 0.03).
助听器和植入物用于治疗听力损失，其中人工耳蜗是治疗严重感音神经性听力损失最成功的选择。在决定接受包括人工耳蜗植入在内的任何治疗程序之前，患者经常将互联网作为可靠的临床信息来源。一种健康资源的可读性和可靠性会影响其对患者的价值。可读性是指语言易于理解的程度，而可靠性是指所呈现信息的正确性和一致性。使用《美国医学会杂志》标准和DISCERN工具来评估所列网站的可靠性。对于可读性分析，选择了弗莱什阅读简易度（FRE）、弗莱什-金凯德年级水平（FKG）和古宁公式指数（GFI）。FKG的可接受可读性水平设定为<7，GF分数超过17相当于大学教育水平，FRE≥80.0。不同来源的可读性得分各不相同，这表明理解在谷歌上找到的人工耳蜗患者信息所需的理解水平范围不同。两组之间的DISCERN得分存在统计学差异（P = 0.008）。与行业来源相比，医院生成的来源的平均DISCERN得分显著更高（3.13±0.69对2.11±0.78，P = 0.03）。
