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Comparative Readability Analysis of AI-Generated Versus Evidence-Based Educational Content on Atrial Fibrillation

Thejas Swaroop Konduru1, Sharada Medapuram Belagu2, Areefa Momtaz3

  • 1Acute Internal Medicine, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, West Midlands, GBR.

Cureus
|October 10, 2025
PubMed

Insights

ChatGPT offers concise medical summaries comparable to UpToDate in readability but uses more complex vocabulary. This artificial intelligence tool shows promise for clinical education but requires expert validation before integration.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
  • Clinical Decision Support

Background:

  • Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia with significant healthcare implications.
  • Effective clinical decision-making for AF requires accessible, up-to-date educational content.
  • Existing resources like UpToDate can be time-consuming for busy clinicians.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the readability and characteristics of educational content generated by ChatGPT-3.5 against UpToDate.
  • To assess the suitability of AI-generated medical summaries for professional education.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional study comparing ChatGPT-3.5 and UpToDate content on AF.
  • Readability assessed using Flesch-Kincaid, SMOG, word count, sentence length, and difficult word percentage.
  • Statistical analysis performed using the Mann-Whitney U test.

Main Results:

  • ChatGPT content was significantly shorter (median 495 vs. 3381 words) and had shorter sentences (14.3 vs. 19.3 words).
  • ChatGPT content exhibited a higher percentage of difficult words (29.6% vs. 23.3%).
  • Other readability metrics showed no statistically significant differences.

Conclusions:

  • ChatGPT provides concise educational content with comparable readability to UpToDate.
  • AI-generated content may contain a higher proportion of complex vocabulary.
  • ChatGPT shows potential as a supplementary educational resource, pending expert review and validation.

Keywords:
artificial intelligence in healthcareatrial fibrillationchatgptevidence-based medicinereadability analysisuptodate

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