Systematic Analysis of Readability of Patient Information on Internet Pages from Departments for Trauma Surgery of German University Hospitals
Paul, S.; Ahrend, M.-D.; Lüers, J.-C.; Roth, K.-S.; Grimmiger, P.-P.; Bopp, F.; Esfahani, B.-J. · NeuroTransmitter · 2021 · Heft 02 · S. 187 bis 192
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Abstract Introduction The need-based information transfer in education as well as for the recruitment of patients becomes more and more relevant. Here, the internet has emerged as an increasingly important factor in recent years and therefore information pages on hospital homepages can be very helpful. However, it is known that basic text comprehension skills are lacking among large populations. Method The aim of the present study was to evaluate the readability of the patient information available on the websites of trauma departments of German university hospitals. For this purpose, a search for information ma…