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Identifying and Evaluating Online Kidney Stone Pain Resources: A Cross-Sectional Study
Christopher J Hernandez1, Jonathan Lim2, Rebecca Takele2
1Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA.
Cureus
|December 9, 2024
Summary
Online resources for kidney stone pain lack quality and actionable advice. Most content is difficult to understand and not helpful for improving patient health outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Urology
- Health Informatics
- Medical Communication
Background:
- Social media is a growing source of medical information for individuals with kidney stones.
- Assessing the quality of online health information is crucial for patient care.
Purpose of the Study:
- Identify popular online resources for kidney stone pain.
- Evaluate the reliability, understandability, quality, and actionability of this content.
Main Methods:
- Utilized BuzzSumo for article identification and engagement analysis.
- Assessed content quality using DISCERN, readability with grade level software, and patient-centeredness with the Patient Education Material Assessment Tool (PEMAT).
Main Results:
- Top articles on kidney stone pain had low quality scores (DISCERN: 2.67/5).
- Content readability averaged a 10th-grade level, with low understandability (60%) and actionability (31%) per PEMAT.
- Searches included "passing stones," "home remedies," "stent pain," and "back pain."
Conclusions:
- Online resources for kidney stone pain are often of low quality and difficult for patients to understand.
- The evaluated content frequently lacks practical, actionable steps to improve health outcomes.
- Improvements are needed in the creation of accessible and useful online health information for kidney stone patients.
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