利用大型语言模型提高德语在线医疗文本的可读性:评估研究
Amela Miftaroski1, Richard Zowalla1,2, Martin Wiesner1,3
1Faculty of Informatics, Heilbronn University, Max-Planck-Str. 39, Heilbronn, 74081, Germany, 49 7131 504 ext 633.
JMIR AI
|January 23, 2026
概括
大型语言模型 (LLM) 可以提高德国患者教育材料 (PEM) 的可读性,使复杂的医疗信息更容易获得. 虽然LLM显示出潜力,但它们并没有持续地将文本复杂性降低到八年级的阅读水平.
科学领域:
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 自然语言处理自然语言处理.
- 卫生识字 卫生识字
背景情况:
- 在线患者教育材料 (PEM) 往往对公众来说过于复杂,阻碍了理解和明智的健康决策.
- 大型语言模型 (LLM) 为简化复杂的医学文本提供了潜在的解决方案.
- 在简化德语PEM方面,LLMs的有效性仍然在很大程度上未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 评估LLMs提高德国在线医疗文本可读性的能力.
- 为了确定LLM简化文本是否符合推的可读性水平,例如八年级的阅读水平.
主要方法:
- 60个德国在线医疗文本被选择用于简化,使用四个LLM:ChatGPT-3.5,ChatGPT-4o,Microsoft Copilot和Le Chat.
- 在LLM简化之前和之后,使用Flesch Reading Ease (FRE) 和Wiener Sachtextformel (WSTF) 评分来评估可读性.
- 统计分析,包括学生对配对样本的t测试,用于比较可读性得分并评估显著的减少.
主要成果:
- 原始文本通常难以阅读 (平均WSTF11.24,FRE35.92).
- 聊天GPT-3.5,聊天GPT-4o和微软Copilot显著改善了文本可读性 (平均WSTF分别为9.96,10.6和8.99;FRE分别为45.04,39.23和49.0).
- 尽管有所改进,但LLM简化在所有模型中并未始终达到低于八年级阅读水平的得分.
结论:
- 通过LLM,可以适度地提高德国患者教育材料的可读性,提高在线读者的可访问性.
- 这些发现凸显了LLMs通过使医疗信息更易于理解来弥合医疗素养差距的潜力.
- 这项研究提供了初步证据,证明LLMs在简化德国在线医疗文本方面的有效性.
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