简单语言的术语和可读性 卫生研究总结:跨部分观察性研究
Iain A Lang1, Angela King1, Kate Boddy1
1Department of Health and Community Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.
Journal of medical Internet research
|January 13, 2025
概括
卫生研究的简单语言摘要 (PLS) 对于公众来说往往太复杂了. 大多数来自英国国家卫生和护理研究所 (NIHR) 的PLS使用过度的术语,一般人不容易理解.
科学领域:
- 卫生研究沟通健康研究沟通
- 科学写作可访问性
背景情况:
- 增加公众参与健康研究的努力包括创建普通语言摘要 (PLS).
- 对于非专业人士来说,这些PLS的可访问性和清晰性仍然不确定.
研究的目的:
- 来自英国国家卫生和护理研究所 (NIHR) 的PLS的可读性和术语水平的评估.
- 确定研究特征是否影响PLS可读性和术语内容.
主要方法:
- 分析了1241份NIHR国家期刊图书馆报告 (2014年中期至2022年中期).
- 使用了Flesch阅读方便 (FRE) 公式和一个术语计算器 (De-Jargonizer).
- 包括研究特征:主题,资金,项目规模,长度,出版年份和原始提案可读性/术语.
主要成果:
- 平均FRE分数为39.0;只有2.8%的人符合"普通英语"的标准.
- 没有一个达到与英国平均阅读年龄相匹配的可读性.
- 平均术语分数为91.7;只有21.7%适合一般理解.
- 可读性和术语受到研究主题,资金和项目规模的重大影响.
- 原始资助提案的可读性强烈预测了最终的PLS可读性.
结论:
- 大多数NIHR PLS表现出可读性差和高水平的术语,阻碍了公众的理解.
- 根据研究因素,PLS可访问性有很大差异,原始提案质量是关键预测因素.
- 需要改进的方法来创建可访问的PLS和更明确的指导方针.
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