Avinash B R, Chengappa Kaveri, Shenoy Ramya, Rao Ashwini, Pai Mithun, Rajesh G
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, Karnataka, Manipal, 576104, India.
Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Infodemics, Institute for child health Policy , University of Florida., Florida, Florida, USA.
F1000Res. 2024 Nov 22;13:822. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.146843.2. eCollection 2024.
There have been significant changes in the lifestyles of individuals in the past few decades, which has led to increased morbidity and mortality worldwide. Both smoking and chewing forms of tobacco are highly prevalent, especially in India, and are implicated as causes of diseases, including oropharyngeal carcinomas. Effective tobacco cessation techniques and sources can help overcome addiction and reduce the disease burden in society. The aim was to evaluate the quality and readability of contents of various sources on an internet website about tobacco cessation.
i) To evaluate the readability of internet content (Google) regarding tobacco cessation using Flesch-Kincaid readability tests and the quality of internet content (Google) by using the JAMA benchmark, HONcode and DISCERN questionnaire.
A content review was employed to screen the content of the Google search engine for educational tobacco cessation websites, and the top 50 websites were selected according to criteria and reviewed by two reviewers. The readability of the internet content (Google) regarding tobacco cessation was evaluated using Flesch-Kincaid readability tests. The quality of the screened sites was evaluated by using the JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) benchmark, HONcode (The Health on the Net Code of Conduct) and DISCERN (Discerning the Quality of Information for Choosing Treatments) questionnaire, and the readability and quality of the screened websites were correlated using the above instruments.
FK readability ease was found to be 49% standard and 30% easy. The FK grade test found that 33% of the content could be easily understood by < 5 grade. All 4 JAMA benchmarks were met by 23% of websites, and authorship was the least fulfilled criterion. Correlation analysis revealed a significant association between FK ease score and FK grade score.
The Read-ability Ease and Read-ability Grade Levels of the websites related to tobacco cessation were not standard, and few websites fulfilled the JAMA benchmarks and had HONcode certification.
在过去几十年中，个人的生活方式发生了重大变化，这导致全球发病率和死亡率上升。吸烟和嚼烟形式在全球都极为普遍，尤其是在印度，并且被认为是包括口咽癌在内的多种疾病的病因。有效的戒烟技巧和资源有助于克服烟瘾并减轻社会的疾病负担。本研究旨在评估一个关于戒烟的互联网网站上各种资源内容的质量和可读性。
i）使用弗莱什-金凯德可读性测试评估互联网内容（谷歌）关于戒烟的可读性，并使用《美国医学会杂志》基准、健康网络准则（HONcode）和辨别问卷评估互联网内容（谷歌）的质量。
采用内容审查法，在谷歌搜索引擎中筛选教育性戒烟网站的内容，根据标准选择排名前50的网站并由两名评审员进行评审。使用弗莱什-金凯德可读性测试评估互联网内容（谷歌）关于戒烟的可读性。通过使用《美国医学会杂志》（JAMA）基准、健康网络准则（HONcode）和辨别问卷（辨别治疗选择信息的质量）评估筛选出的网站的质量，并使用上述工具对筛选出的网站的可读性和质量进行相关性分析。
发现弗莱什-金凯德可读性易读性为49%标准和30%易读。弗莱什-金凯德年级测试发现，33%的内容五年级及以下的人能够轻松理解。23%的网站符合所有4项《美国医学会杂志》基准，作者身份是最不符合的标准。相关性分析显示，弗莱什-金凯德易读性得分与弗莱什-金凯德年级得分之间存在显著关联。
与戒烟相关的网站的可读性易读性和可读性年级水平不达标，很少有网站符合《美国医学会杂志》基准并获得健康网络准则认证。
