Information for oral and maxillofacial patients: can it be improved?

Parvez, H.; Noorani, M.S.; Pandis, Nikolaos; Cobourne, M.T.; Seehra, J. (2019). Information for oral and maxillofacial patients: can it be improved? British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery, 57(5), pp. 412-418. Elsevier 10.1016/j.bjoms.2018.12.007

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The aim and objective of this study was to evaluate the quality and readability of leaflet and online Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery patientinformation leaflets (PILs). The quality, readability and grade level of each PIL was assessed using the DISCERN, Flesch Reading Easeand Flesh-Kincaid Grade Level instruments respectively. In total, 140 patient information leaflets were assessed. For both leaflet and onlinePILs, 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.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Orthodontics

UniBE Contributor:

Pandis, Nikolaos

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0266-4356

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Renate Imhof-Etter

Date Deposited:

19 Jul 2019 09:54

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:28

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.bjoms.2018.12.007

PubMed ID:

31054792

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.130811

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/130811

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