Comprehensiveness of online sources for patient education on otosclerosis

Ahmet Adnan Cırık; Yeşim Esen Yiğit; Ahmet Mahmut Tekin; Yaşar Kemal Duymaz; Şamil Şahin; Burak Erkmen; Vedat Topsakal

doi:10.3389/fsurg.2024.1327793

Comprehensiveness of online sources for patient education on otosclerosis

Ahmet Adnan Cırık, Yeşim Esen Yiğit, Ahmet Mahmut Tekin, Yaşar Kemal Duymaz, Şamil Şahin, Burak Erkmen, Vedat Topsakal

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PURPOSE: This study aimed to assess the readability indices of websites including educational materials on otosclerosis.

METHODS: We performed a Google search on 19 April 2023 using the term "otosclerosis." The first 50 hits were collected and analyzed. The websites were categorized into two groups: websites for health professionals and general websites for patients. Readability indices were calculated using the website https://www.webfx.com/tools/read-able/.

RESULTS: A total of 33 websites were eligible and analyzed (20 health professional-oriented and 13 patient-oriented websites). When patient-oriented websites and health professional-oriented websites were individually analyzed, mean Flesch Reading Ease scores were found to be 52.16 ± 14.34 and 46.62 ± 10.07, respectively. There was no significant difference between the two groups upon statistical analysis.

CONCLUSION: Current patient educational material available online related to otosclerosis is written beyond the recommended sixth-grade reading level. The quality of good websites is worthless to the patients if they cannot comprehend the text.

Original language	English
Article number	1327793
Number of pages <span style="color:red"p> <font size="1.5"> ✽ </span> </font>	4
Journal	Frontiers in surgery
Volume	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2024.1327793
Publication status	Published - 24 Jan 2024

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