Patient self-reported utility of hand surgery online patient education materials

Musculoskeletal Care
Heather J RobertsGeorge S M Dyer

Abstract

Online patient education materials in orthopaedic surgery are consistently written above the recommended grade level. However, no algorithmic measure of readability has been validated in a medical context. The primary objective of the present study was to determine whether Flesch-Kincaid readability scores correlate with patient self-reported utility of online education materials from the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH). This was a prospective survey study of 35 patients with one of five common upper extremity diagnoses. Study outcomes included self-reported utility, understandability, clarity, novelty and scope of the information of the ASSH online patient education material. Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level and Flesch Reading Ease were calculated for each article and correlated with self-reported utility. The majority of patients found the articles useful, understandable and clear. Self-reported utility was not correlated with Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (ρ = 0.017) or Flesch Reading Ease (ρ = -0.020). Patients with high school education or below found the articles less useful and more difficult to understand than those with post-secondary education. Flesch-Kincaid readability scores do not correlate with self-report...Continue Reading

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Sep 9, 2016·The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume·Heather RobertsGeorge S M Dyer
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Nov 18, 2020·The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons·Ata M KiapourShayan Hosseinzadeh
May 24, 2021·The Journal of Hand Surgery·Dafang ZhangPhilip Blazar
Dec 16, 2021·Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics. Part B·James A Pruneski, Ata M Kiapour

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