评估在线面向患者的饮酒障碍在线资源的可读性
Paul Soliman1, Ifenna Amaefuna1, Brian J Gully2
1Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States; Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.
Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.)
|September 3, 2023
概括
酒精使用障碍 (AUD) 治疗的在线资源对于患者来说太难理解了. 大多数材料都写在大学阅读水平上,阻碍了获得关键健康信息的机会.
科学领域:
- 卫生识字 卫生识字
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数字健康数字健康
背景情况:
- 国家卫生研究院 (NIH) 和美国医学协会 (AMA) 建议医疗信息应达到六年级的阅读水平.
- 之前的研究表明,许多在线健康资源超过了推的可读性水平.
- 酒精使用障碍 (AUD) 信息的可访问性对于患者的参与和治疗坚持至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估在线资源的可读性,以治疗酒精使用障碍 (AUD).
- 为了确定患者面对的AUD信息是否符合推的阅读水平指南.
- 为了确定在线访问AUD治疗信息的障碍.
主要方法:
- 进行了互联网搜索,模拟患者对AUD治疗的信息搜索行为.
- 分析了使用Flesch-Kincaid,Gunning Fog,SMOG和Coleman-Liau可读性指数的前30个可访问的网站.
- 根据NIH和AMA的建议评估可读性水平.
主要成果:
- 分析的30个AUD网站的平均可读性水平为12.37 (±2.54).
- 不同的索引或作者类型之间没有发现可读性的显著差异.
- 检查的在线资源中没有一个符合6年级推的阅读水平.
结论:
- 在线AUD治疗资源比推的要复杂得多,可能会限制患者的理解.
- 提高AUD信息的可读性对于提高健康素养和治疗结果至关重要.
- 面向患者的AUD资源的未来发展应该优先考虑遵守既定的可读性准则.
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