什么是不孕症治疗中心网站告诉夫妇关于男性因素不孕症?
Andrew K Leung1, Zehra Khan1, Dattatraya Patil1
1Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Urology practice
|August 18, 2023
概括
在生育诊所网站上关于男性因子不育的信息不一致,超过20%缺乏病因细节. 患者可能没有了解男性不孕症评估和治疗益处.
科学领域:
- 生殖医学 生殖医学
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
背景情况:
- 评估了不孕症治疗中心网站上的针对患者的信息.
- 专注于男性因子不孕症的病因,检查和治疗细节.
研究的目的:
- 评估有关男性因子不孕症的在线患者信息的质量和完整性.
- 根据中心特征识别信息的变化.
主要方法:
- 分析了428个不孕中心网站,使用2011年CDC生育诊所成功率报告的数据.
- 评估网站内容的男性因子不孕症术语和可读性 (弗莱什-金凯德得分).
- 根据地理区域,学术地位和泌尿科医生所属的差异进行了研究.
主要成果:
- 只有78%的网站提到男性因子病因,85%讨论了男性评估,63%涵盖了治疗选择.
- 23%的网站推泌尿科医生转诊.
- 信息差异很大,特别是在泌尿科医生关联的基础上;中位数可读性是12年级.
结论:
- 在线关于男性因子不孕症的患者信息高度可变,并且往往不完整.
- 超过20%的网站省略了病因学,可能使患者对男性因素评估不知情.
- 不孕症患者可能缺乏关于男性因素评估及其益处的关键信息.
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