Readability of Patient-reported Outcome Measures Used in Plastic Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient-reported outcomes are essential to understanding success in plastic surgery procedures, many that aim to improve quality of life. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) should be written at or below the sixth-grade reading level recommended by the American Medical Association. This study aimed to evaluate the readability of plastic surgery PROMs.

Methods

We conducted a literature review to identify validated, commonly used PROMs in plastic surgery. We extracted PROMs' text and instructions and analyzed readability using different approaches that estimate the grade level required to understand. Our primary outcome was the Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) index, which detects word complexity and expects 100% comprehension at the grade level rating as

SUBMITTER: Zamore Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11661722 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature