对眼癌的在线患者教育材料的评估:一个横截面研究
Courtney van Ballegooie1,2,3, Jasmine Wen4
1Experimental Therapeutics, BC Cancer, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
PLOS global public health
|October 16, 2023
概括
对眼癌的在线患者教育材料对于大多数美国人来说太难理解了. 提高可读性和质量指标对于更好的健康素养和结果至关重要.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 卫生识字 卫生识字
- 医学教育 医学教育
背景情况:
- 患者教育材料 (PEMs) 对健康素养至关重要.
- 评估在线PEM的质量和可读性对于患者的理解至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估眼癌在线患者教育材料 (PEMs) 的质量和阅读水平.
- 为了确定PEMs对美国人口的适当性.
主要方法:
- 从15个美国癌症和眼科协会提取了PEM.
- 使用10个可读性尺度评估阅读水平.
- 分析了单词难度和熟悉度.
- 通过使用DISCERN,HONCode和JAMA基准来评估内容质量.
主要成果:
- PEM的写作水平是平均11年级的阅读水平,超过了推的6年级.
- 在PEM中,26%的单词对普通读者来说并不熟悉.
- 只有1个协会获得了HONCode认证;没有一个协会达到JAMA的所有基准标准.
- 治疗信息质量的平均DISCERN得分为2.4/5.5.
结论:
- 在线眼癌PEM需要简化,以提高健康素养.
- 提高PEM的质量指标将有助于患者确定可靠的资源.
- 提高可读性和质量是必要的,以促进更好的患者健康结果.
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