Readability of Online Spanish Materials for Breast Reconstruction Using Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flaps

Background The internet has become an increasingly popular tool for patients to find information pertaining to medical procedures. Although the information is easily accessible, data shows that many online educational materials pertaining to surgical subspecialties are far above the average reading...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2024-07, Vol.16 (7), p.e64616
Main Authors: Gerhold, Cameron, Nehila, Timothy E, Bailey, Virginia, Koussayer, Bilal, Alkaelani, Mohammad Tahseen, Le, Nicole K, Al Bayati, Mahmood, Whalen, Kristen, Wainwright, D'Arcy, Dayicioglu, Deniz
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Language:English
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Health literacy
Internet resources
Medical Education
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Patient education
Plastic Surgery
Readability
Reading
Surgery
Websites
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Summary:Background The internet has become an increasingly popular tool for patients to find information pertaining to medical procedures. Although the information is easily accessible, data shows that many online educational materials pertaining to surgical subspecialties are far above the average reading level in the United States. The aim of this study was to evaluate the English and Spanish online materials for the deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap reconstruction procedure. Methods The first eight institutional or organizational websites that provided information on the DIEP procedure in English and Spanish were included. Each website was evaluated using the Patient Education and Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT), Cultural Sensitivity Assessment Tool (CSAT), and either Simplified Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) for English websites or Spanish Orthographic Length (SOL) for Spanish websites. Results The English websites had a statistically lower CSAT score compared to the Spanish websites (p=0.006). However, Spanish websites had a statistically higher percentage of complex words compared to English sources (p
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.64616