迷失在翻译中:手术前骨科教育材料显著超过推的阅读水平
Maxwell Sahhar1, Manjot Singh1, Tanmay Mehta1
1Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
JB & JS open access
|August 8, 2025
概括
来自Elsevier的骨科患者教育材料往往超过推的阅读水平,影响患者的理解. 简化和翻译版本很少,阻碍了可访问性和遵守护理计划.
科学领域:
- 整形外科手术 整形外科手术
- 患者教育 患者教育
- 卫生识字 卫生识字
背景情况:
- 国家指导方针主张患者教育材料在6年级阅读水平或以下.
- 对形外科手术后护理计划的不充分了解与不良结果有关,例如满意度降低和并发症增加.
- 本研究评估了爱思唯尔通过Epic电子健康记录系统分发的骨科患者教育材料的语言和可读性.
研究的目的:
- 评估骨科患者教育材料的语言可用性和可读性.
- 将这些材料的可读性与国家指南及其易读版本进行比较.
- 识别随着时间的推移可读性趋势.
主要方法:
- 从英语和西班牙语的Epic提取了806份骨科患者教育文件.
- 使用经过验证的英语和西班牙语分数系统来评估可读性.
- 统计分析,包括t测试和线性回归,用于比较和趋势分析.
主要成果:
- 英语材料的平均阅读水平为8.6年级,西班牙语为5.8;100%的英语和27%的西班牙语超过了6年级的推.
- 手术前和肌肉骨瘤学材料显示了最高的读数水平.
- 易于阅读的版本,仅在11%的文档中可用,降低了分级水平,但往往仍然超过了建议.
结论:
- 爱思唯尔的骨科患者教育材料,特别是手术前的材料,经常超过推的阅读水平.
- 简化和翻译材料的有限可用性阻碍了患者的理解和坚持.
- 由人工智能驱动的解决方案可以提高简化患者教育材料的创建和可访问性.
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