| Titre : | Quality of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Patient Education Handouts Available on the Internet: A Systematic Analysis of Content and Design (2022) |
| Auteurs : | Yiyang Fang ; Nancy A. Baker ; Julianna Dole ; Shawn C. Roll |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Vol. 103, n° 2, 2022) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 297-304 |
| Note générale : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2021.08.010 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Descripteurs : |
HE Vinci Compétence informationnelle en santé ; Éducation du patient comme sujet ; Réadaptation ; Syndrome du canal carpien |
| Résumé : |
Objective
To evaluate the quality of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) patient education handouts and identify the best resources for patients and clinicians. Design A document content analysis of handouts identified through a systematic internet search using 8 search terms on Google and Bing and a hand search of professional association websites. Setting Not applicable. Participants Documents (N=56) were identified from the top 50 search results across 16 individual searches. Included documents provided general patient education for CTS; descriptive websites, videos, and research studies were excluded. Interventions Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures Content analysis was conducted using the Information Score (IS) tool to evaluate completeness of information (0%-100%) and misleading treatment recommendations were identified. Design analysis was conducted using the Patient Material Assessment Tool for Printable Materials (PEMAT-P) (0%-100%) and 2 widely used readability formulas, Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch Kincaid Grade Level. Using these results, all handouts were rated with a summative 12-point scale. Results Of 805 unique search results, we included 56 CTS handouts. The average IS was 74.6%±17.9%, and 78.6% of the handouts mentioned non–evidence-based treatment recommendations. The average PEMAT-P score was 70.2%±10.9%, and the average readability grade level was 7.7±1.7. Only 3 handouts were identified as high quality based on the 12-point summative scores, 22 handouts had mixed quality, and 17 handouts had low quality on both content and design. Conclusions Findings of this study suggest a lack of high-quality and easily understandable CTS patient education handouts. Most handouts contained unreliable treatment information. Improvements are needed to ensure patients’ ability to understand and manage this condition. |
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