关于常见眼睛疾病的西班牙语和葡萄牙语翻译在线信息的可访问性和可读性:一个横截面内容分析研究
Luis Cupertino1, Carlos Garcia Colon1, Andrew Kang2
1Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
Journal of the National Medical Association
|February 20, 2026
概括
葡萄牙语和西班牙语的在线眼科健康教育材料比英语版本难以阅读,不太可靠. 这项研究强调了为所有患者提供可访问,多语言的健康信息的必要性.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 医学沟通 医学沟通
背景情况:
- 在线患者教育材料对于健康素养至关重要.
- 评估这些材料的质量和跨语言的可访问性对于公平的医疗保健至关重要.
- 之前的研究还没有全面评估多种语言在线眼睛健康信息的可读性和问责制.
研究的目的:
- 评估常见眼睛疾病在线患者教育材料的可读性和问责制.
- 将这些材料与英语,葡萄牙语和西班牙语网站进行比较.
- 确定影响在线健康信息质量和可访问性的因素.
主要方法:
- 在七种眼病 (黄斑变性,白内障,糖尿病视网膜病变,玻璃眼,结膜炎,膜炎,干眼) 中对192个网站进行了横截面内容分析.
- 使用弗莱什-金凯德等级水平 (FKGL),枪雾指数 (GFI) 和弗莱什阅读易度 (FRE) 评估可读性.
- 使用JAMA和DISCERN基准评估问责制,根据来源类型 (学术,国家,私人,众包) 分类网站.
主要成果:
- 与西班牙语 (16.6) 和葡萄牙语 (16.0) 网站相比,英语网站的可读性明显更好 (FKGL 8.1 的平均值) (p < 0.001).
- 葡萄牙网站的问责度得分最低 (JAMA 1.2),主要来自私人实体.
- 众包内容 (例如,维基百科) 显示了更高的问责制,但可读性较差;语言是可读性和问责制的重要预测因素 (p < 0.001).
结论:
- 葡萄牙语和西班牙语的在线眼科患者教育材料存在重大障碍,原因是阅读性较差,有时与英语资源相比,问责能力较低.
- 这种差异给英语水平有限的患者带来了挑战,他们需要寻找可靠的健康信息.
- 建议开发标准化的多语言材料,可能使用诸如大型语言模型 (LLM) 等工具,以提高可访问性和可靠性.
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