Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Nutrients. 2024 Sep 30;16(19):3314. doi: 10.3390/nu16193314.
Therapeutic nutrition plays an imperative role during a patient's hospital course. There is a tremendous body of literature that emphasizes the systematic delivery of information regarding hospital nutrition diets. A major component of delivering healthcare information is the principle of providing quality healthcare information, but this has not yet been investigated on hospital nutrition diets. This study aimed to evaluate the comprehension and readability of patient education materials regarding therapeutic hospital diets.
The methodology employed the use of publicly available questions regarding hospital nutrition diets and categorized them per Rothwell's Classification of Questions. Additionally, the questions were extracted online and have an associated digital article linked to the question. These articles underwent analysis for readability scores.
This study's findings reveal that most hospital diets do not meet the recommended grade-reading levels.
This underscores the need for healthcare providers to enhance patient education regarding hospital diets. The prevalence of "Fact" questions showcases the importance of clearly explaining diets and dietary restrictions to patients.
治疗性营养在患者的住院过程中起着至关重要的作用。有大量文献强调系统地提供有关医院营养饮食的信息。提供医疗保健信息的一个主要组成部分是提供高质量医疗保健信息的原则，但这尚未在医院营养饮食方面进行研究。本研究旨在评估有关治疗性医院饮食的患者教育材料的理解和可读性。
该方法使用了关于医院营养饮食的公开问题，并根据 Rothwell 的问题分类进行了分类。此外，这些问题是在线提取的，并与问题相关联的数字文章链接。这些文章经过可读性评分分析。
本研究的结果表明，大多数医院饮食不符合推荐的阅读水平。
这突显出医疗保健提供者需要加强对患者的医院饮食教育。“事实”问题的普遍性突出表明，需要向患者清楚地解释饮食和饮食限制。
