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Quality and Readability of Spanish-Language Online Information for Aortic Aneurysm and Its Endovascular Treatment.
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Vascular & Endovascular Surgery . Feb2024, Vol. 58 Issue 2, p158-165. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Aortic aneurysms represent a chronic degenerative disease with life-threatening implications. In order for patients to comprehend health related information, it must be written at a level that can be readily understood. Study Design: In January 2023, we searched "aneurisma aorta" and "endoprótesis aorta" terms on Google, Yahoo and Microsoft/Bing. The 31th websites provided by each search engine were analyzed. Four readability measures were used to evaluate websites regarding aortic aneurysm and their endovascular treatment in Spanish language: Flesch Index, Flesch-Szigriszt Index, Fernández-Huerta Index and grading Inflesz scale. The quality on information was evaluated by the HONcode seal, the DISCERN instrument and the JAMA benchmark criteria. Results: 180 websites containing the terms "aneurisma aorta" and "endoprótesis aorta" were analyzed. Among the websites retrieved, the mean Flesh index score (53.12 ± 6.09 and 47.48 ± 7.12, respectively; P =.019), the Flesch-Szigriszt index (56.39 ± 5.72 and 48.10 ± 8.33; P =.000), and the Fernández Huerta index (61.30 ± 5.59 and 53.19 ± 8.21; P =.000), corresponding to a "somewhat difficult" readability level. In addition, the Inflesz scale (2.62 ±.59 and 2.07 ±.61; P =.000) reported a "somewhat difficult" readability, higher for the websites regarding aortic aneurysm. The HONcode seal was only presented in websites regarding aortic aneurysm (16.7%), whereas none of the websites relating to aortic endoprostheses presented it (0%) (P =.000). Websites that presented the HONcode seal obtained higher DISCERN score (P =.000, 95% CI = 6.42-16.84) and JAMA score (P =.000, 95% CI = 3.44-11.32). Conclusion: Internet information on aortic aneurysms and aortic endoprostheses is too difficult to read for the general Spanish-speaking population and is lacking in quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ENDOVASCULAR aneurysm repair
*PROSTHETICS
*STATISTICS
*READABILITY (Literary style)
*ANALYSIS of variance
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*AORTIC aneurysms
*ARTIFICIAL implants
*MANN Whitney U Test
*SPANISH language
*T-test (Statistics)
*HEALTH
*INFORMATION resources
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CHI-squared test
*PATIENT education
*DATA analysis
*DATA analysis software
*WORLD Wide Web
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15385744
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174787631
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/15385744231196644