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Comprehensiveness of online sources for patient education on otosclerosis

Ahmet Adnan Cırık; Yeşim Esen Yiğit; Ahmet Mahmut Tekin; Yaşar Kemal Duymaz; Şamil Şahin; Burak Erkmen; Vedat Topsakal · 2024 · Frontiers in Surgery

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Abstract

PurposeThis study aimed to assess the readability indices of websites including educational materials on otosclerosis.MethodsWe performed a Google search on 19 April 2023 using the term “otosclerosis.” The first 50 hits were collected and analyzed. The websites were categorized into two groups: websites for health professionals and general websites for patients. Readability indices were calculated using the website https://www.webfx.com/tools/read-able/.ResultsA total of 33 websites were eligible and analyzed (20 health professional-oriented and 13 patient-oriented websites). When patient-orie

Abstract by Ahmet Adnan Cırık; Yeşim Esen Yiğit; Ahmet Mahmut Tekin; Yaşar Kemal Duymaz; Şamil Şahin; Burak Erkmen; Vedat Topsakal, Frontiers in Surgery (2024) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Metadata source: DOAJ · DOI 10.3389/fsurg.2024.1327793