Information for oral and maxillofacial patients: can it be improved?
DISCERN
Maxillofacial
patient information leaflets
quality
readability
Journal
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery
ISSN: 1532-1940
Titre abrégé: Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg
Pays: Scotland
ID NLM: 8405235
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2019
06 2019
Historique:
received:
28
05
2018
accepted:
17
12
2018
pubmed:
6
5
2019
medline:
31
12
2019
entrez:
6
5
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The aim and objective of this study was to evaluate the quality and readability of leaflet and online Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery patient information leaflets (PILs). The quality, readability and grade level of each PIL was assessed using the DISCERN, Flesch Reading Ease and Flesh-Kincaid Grade Level instruments respectively. In total, 140 patient information leaflets were assessed. For both leaflet and online PILs, many items of the DISCERN instrument were deemed of low quality and poorly reported. The median overall quality score was 30.2. Variation in the quality and readability scores between leaflet and online PILs and those produced by various societies was evident. Overall, PILs were deemed to be of moderate quality. Online PILs were of lower quality, more difficult to read and aimed at a higher reading age level.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31054792
pii: S0266-4356(18)30685-5
doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2018.12.007
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
412-418Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2018 The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.