面向患者教育的白内障手术网站的可用性
Michael X Lin1, Gavin Li2, David Cui3
1The Ocular Surface Disease Clinic, The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Ophthalmology
|October 18, 2023
概括
患有白内障手术的患者网站往往难以阅读,可能不是每个人都可以访问. 提高可读性和可访问性对于患者教育至关重要.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 网络科学 网络科学
背景情况:
- 患者教育对于医疗保健中的知情决策至关重要.
- 在线资源越来越多地用于医疗条件和程序的患者教育.
- 评估在线健康信息的质量对于患者赋权至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估专门针对白内障手术的面向患者的教育网站的网络可访问性和可读性.
- 为了确定在线寻求白内障手术细节的患者对信息理解和访问的潜在障碍.
主要方法:
- 一项横截面研究分析了通过搜索引擎识别的前100个以患者为导向的白内障手术网站.
- 网站根据作者 (机构,私人诊所,医疗机构) 分类.
- 使用四个标准化公式来评估可读性,并根据多语言可用性,可访问性菜单,教育视频和遵守Web内容可访问性指南 (WCAG) 2.0原则 (POUR) 来评估可访问性.
主要成果:
- 总体平均阅读成绩水平为11.8,私人实践网站显示的阅读水平 (12.1) 比其他网站 (11.4) 高.
- 较少的私人诊所网站提供多种语言选项 (5.5%) 与机构/医疗组织 (20.0%) 相比.
- 虽然私人实践更频繁地提供了可访问性菜单 (27.3%),但整体WCAG 2.0的POUR原则违反平均为17.1,85%的网站没有"可感知"原则.
结论:
- 对白内障手术的以患者为中心的在线信息可能会给公众带来理解挑战.
- 建议提高这些数字健康资源的可读性和可访问性.
- 患者教育网站的设计者应该优先考虑清晰性和通用性访问,以提高患者的参与和理解.
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