Have the online patient information materials on biceps tendon disorders adequate, quality and readability?

Year 2023, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 46 - 52, 21.06.2023

Muhammet Zeki Gültekin , Yaşar Mahsut Dinçel , Fatih Doğar , Serdar Arslan

https://doi.org/10.30565/medalanya.1198923

Abstract

Aim: The study aimed to analyze the quality, adequacy and readability of websites created for patients with shoulder complaints associated with biceps tendon disorders.

Methods: The terms 'shoulder injury', 'biceps tendinitis' and 'biceps tendon rupture' were searched in the most used search engines in United States (Google, Yahoo, and Bing). One hundred forty seven websites designed to inform patients were included in the study. The quality, popularity, adequacy and reliability were meausured.

Results: Flesch reading ease scores of websites with content creation by health professionals were significantly lower than those without; in contrast, Flesch-Kincaid grade level (FKGL) and Koleman-Liau index scores were significantly higher (p<0.05). Global Quality Score and originality scores were greater in website created by health professionals. In addition, the percentage of websites with reference citations and addressing the importance, symptoms, treatment, signs and mechanism of the disease was significantly higher in websites with content creation by health professionals than in those without (p<0.05). The Gunning Fog, FKGL, Simple Measure of Gobbledygook, Automated readability index and Linear write formula scores were lower for websites with the HON code than those without the HON code. Also orginality score and Alexa Popularity Rank (APR) scores were lower in websites with HONcode than without HON code (p<0.05).

Conclusion: Websites with HON code and prepared by healthcare professionals can provide sufficient and quality information to patients with biceps tendon disorders. The web content available for biceps tendon disorders is above the recommended reading level. Health professionals should be encouraged to increase the readability of the content.

Keywords

Health literacy, musculoskeletal disorder, pain, patient education, patient information, shoulder

Biseps tendon bozukluklarına ilişkin çevrimiçi hasta bilgilendirme materyalleri yeterli, kaliteli ve okunabilir durumda mı?

Abstract

Amaç: Çalışma, biseps tendon bozuklukları ile ilişkili omuz şikayetleri olan hastalar için oluşturulan web sitelerinin kalite, yeterlilik ve okunabilirliğini incelemeyi amaçlamıştır.

Yöntem: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nde en çok kullanılan arama motorlarında (Google, Yahoo ve Bing) 'omuz yaralanması', 'biseps tendiniti' ve 'biseps tendon rüptürü' terimleri arandı. Hastaları bilgilendirmek için tasarlanmış 147 web sitesi çalışmaya dahil edildi. Kalite, popülerlik, yeterlilik ve güvenilirlik ölçüldü.

Bulgular: Sağlık profesyonelleri tarafından içerik oluşturulan web sitelerinin Flesch okuma kolaylığı puanları, oluşturmayanlara göre önemli ölçüde düşüktü; aksine, Flesch-Kincaid sınıf düzeyi (FKGL) ve Koleman-Liau endeksi skorları anlamlı olarak daha yüksekti (p<0.05). Sağlık profesyonelleri tarafından oluşturulan web sitesinde global kalite puanları ve özgünlük puanları daha yüksekti. Ayrıca, sağlık profesyonelleri tarafından içerik oluşturan web sitelerinde, hastalığın önemi, semptomları, tedavisi, belirtileri ve mekanizmasını ele alan referans alıntılı web sitelerinin yüzdesi, olmayanlara göre anlamlı olarak daha yüksekti (p<0.05).Gunning Fog, FKGL, Gobbledygook'un Basit Ölçüsü, Otomatik okunabilirlik endeksi ve doğrusal yazma formülü puanları, HON koduna sahip web sitelerinin HON kodu olmayanlara göre daha düşüktü. Ayrıca özgünlük puanı ve APR puanları, HONcode'lu web sitelerinde HONcode'suz web sitelerine göre daha düşüktü (p<0.05).

Sonuç: Sağlık profesyonelleri tarafından hazırlanan HON kodlu web siteleri biseps tendon bozukluğu olan hastalara yeterli ve kaliteli bilgi sağlayabilir. Biseps tendon bozuklukları için mevcut olan web içeriği, önerilen okuma seviyesinin üzerindedir. Sağlık profesyonelleri içeriğin okunabilirliğini artırmaya teşvik edilmelidir.

Keywords

Sağlık okuryazarlığı, kas-iskelet sistemi bozukluğu, ağrı, hasta eğitimi, hasta bilgilendirme, omuz

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