Evaluation of the Readability and Quality of Online Turkish Materials in the Field of Pediatric Neurology.
Objective: Accessible, high-quality online health information is essential for patient understanding, particularly in specialized fields such as pediatric neurology. However, little is known about the readability and quality of Turkish-language online resources in this area. To evaluate the readabil...
| Publicado en: | Turkish Archives of Pediatrics Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 147 - 152 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Caleo Yayincilik Uluslararasi Tic. Ltd. Sti
2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=195133568&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 195133568 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 27576256 N459 jtl: Turkish Archives of Pediatrics issn: 27576256 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2026 vid: 61 iid: 2 pid: 100197 pub: Caleo Yayincilik Uluslararasi Tic. Ltd. Sti place: Kadiköy, Istanbul,, <Blank> artinfo: ui: 195133568 195133568 195133568 10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2025.25337 195133568 ppf: 147 ppct: 5 formats: tig: atl: Evaluation of the Readability and Quality of Online Turkish Materials in the Field of Pediatric Neurology. aug: au: Sargın, Fatma Alçı, Mehmet Kaygusuz Aydemir, Büşra Şahin, Süleyman Çaksen, Hüseyin Güven, Ahmet Sami affil: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Türkiye. sug: subj: Quality Assessment Health Information Turkiye Readability Evaluation Neurology In Infancy and Childhood Internet Language Turkiye Patient Education Human Turkiye Access to Information Child World Wide Web Benchmarking Serial Publications Scales Health Literacy Internet Searching Nonparametric Statistics Epilepsy Cerebral Palsy Headache Migraine Neuromuscular Diseases Mental Disorders Diagnosed in Childhood Authorship Publishing Cross Sectional Studies Mann-Whitney U Test Chi Square Test Fisher's Exact Test Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Child: 6-12 years ab: Objective: Accessible, high-quality online health information is essential for patient understanding, particularly in specialized fields such as pediatric neurology. However, little is known about the readability and quality of Turkish-language online resources in this area. To evaluate the readability and quality of Turkish online educational materials on pediatric neurology using validated readability formulas and standardized quality assessment criteria. Materials and Methods: An Internet-based Patient Educational Material search was conducted using Google with the terms "çocuk nöroloji" /’’child neurology’’ and "pediatrik nöroloji"/’’pediatric neurology’’. After applying exclusion criteria, 69 websites were included. These websites were categorized into 2 groups: Group 1 (academic and hospital websites) and Group 2 (physician and general health information websites). Readability was assessed using the Ateşman and Bezirci-Yılmaz formulas, while website quality was evaluated using the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) benchmark criteria. Results: The median Ateşman Readability Score was 36.63, and the Bezirci-Yılmaz score was 7.04, indicating difficult readability. Only 13.04% of websites met ≥3 JAMA criteria and were classified as high quality. Group 2 (physician and general health information websites) had significantly higher quality scores than Group 1 (academic and hospital websites) (P < .001). No significant differences were found between groups in terms of readability. Conclusion: Most Turkish-language pediatric neurology websites are difficult to read and of low quality. Quality was higher in non-academic sources, although readability remained inadequate across all sources. These findings underscore the need for developing readable and high-quality online educational materials in pediatric neurology to enhance public understanding and informed health decisions. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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