Linguistic tones in MRI reports correlate with severity of pathology for rotator cuff tendinopathy.
Linguistic inquiry and word count
Radiology reports
Rotator cuff
Tendinopathy
Variation
Journal
Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
ISSN: 1434-3916
Titre abrégé: Arch Orthop Trauma Surg
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9011043
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2023
Jul 2023
Historique:
received:
04
09
2021
accepted:
03
07
2022
medline:
28
6
2023
pubmed:
24
8
2022
entrez:
23
8
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Written communication can convey one's emotions, personality, and sentiments. Radiology reports employ medical jargon and serve to document a patients' condition. Patients might misinterpret this medical jargon in a way that increases their anxiety and makes them feel unwell. We were interested whether linguistic tones in MRI reports vary between radiologists and correlate with the severity of pathology. (1) Is there variation in linguistic tones among different radiologists reporting MRI results for rotator cuff tendinopathy? (2) Is the retraction of the supraspinatus tendon in millimeters associated with linguistic tones? Two hundred twenty consecutive MRI reports of patients with full-thickness rotator cuff defects were collected. Supraspinatus retraction was measured on the MRI using viewer tools. Using Kruskal-Wallis H tests, we measured variation between 11 radiologists for the following tones: positive emotion, negative emotion, analytical thinking, cause, insight, tentativeness, certainty, and informal speech. We also measured the correlation of tones and the degree of tendon retraction. Multilevel mixed-effects linear regression models were constructed, seeking factors associated with the tone, accounting for retraction, the presence of prior imaging, and for the effects of each radiologist (nesting). There were statistically significant differences for all of the tones by radiologist. In bivariate analysis, greater retraction of the supraspinatus muscle in millimeters was associated with more negative emotion and certainty, and with less tentativeness. In multilevel mixed-effects linear regression, more negative tones were associated with greater retraction and absence of prior imaging. Greater tentativeness was associated with the absence of prior imaging, but not with retraction. Radiology reports have emotional content that is relatively negative, varies by radiologist and is affected by pathology. Strategies for more hopeful, positive, optimistic descriptions of pathology have the potential to help patients feel better without introducing inaccuracies even if unlikely. Level III, Diagnostic.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Written communication can convey one's emotions, personality, and sentiments. Radiology reports employ medical jargon and serve to document a patients' condition. Patients might misinterpret this medical jargon in a way that increases their anxiety and makes them feel unwell. We were interested whether linguistic tones in MRI reports vary between radiologists and correlate with the severity of pathology.
QUESTIONS/PURPOSES
OBJECTIVE
(1) Is there variation in linguistic tones among different radiologists reporting MRI results for rotator cuff tendinopathy? (2) Is the retraction of the supraspinatus tendon in millimeters associated with linguistic tones?
METHODS
METHODS
Two hundred twenty consecutive MRI reports of patients with full-thickness rotator cuff defects were collected. Supraspinatus retraction was measured on the MRI using viewer tools. Using Kruskal-Wallis H tests, we measured variation between 11 radiologists for the following tones: positive emotion, negative emotion, analytical thinking, cause, insight, tentativeness, certainty, and informal speech. We also measured the correlation of tones and the degree of tendon retraction. Multilevel mixed-effects linear regression models were constructed, seeking factors associated with the tone, accounting for retraction, the presence of prior imaging, and for the effects of each radiologist (nesting).
RESULTS
RESULTS
There were statistically significant differences for all of the tones by radiologist. In bivariate analysis, greater retraction of the supraspinatus muscle in millimeters was associated with more negative emotion and certainty, and with less tentativeness. In multilevel mixed-effects linear regression, more negative tones were associated with greater retraction and absence of prior imaging. Greater tentativeness was associated with the absence of prior imaging, but not with retraction.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Radiology reports have emotional content that is relatively negative, varies by radiologist and is affected by pathology. Strategies for more hopeful, positive, optimistic descriptions of pathology have the potential to help patients feel better without introducing inaccuracies even if unlikely.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE
METHODS
Level III, Diagnostic.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35997839
doi: 10.1007/s00402-022-04543-w
pii: 10.1007/s00402-022-04543-w
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
3753-3758Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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