Spanish-Language Patient Education Materials for Obstetric Anesthesia: A Comparison of Readability and Quality of Online Spanish-Language Resources.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Thousands of Hispanic parturients give birth in the United States annually, necessitating accessible health education resources in Spanish. Given the known Hispanic maternal care disparities and high reading levels of Spanish-written patient education materials (PEMs), this study aims to assess the readability and quality of obstetric (OB) anesthesia Spanish-language PEMs from a general internet search and academic leaders. We hypothesize that the readability and quality of PEMs from academic leaders will be superior to those found via general internet search.

Methods

To identify Spanish-written PEMs on OB anesthesia, the webpages of 62 academic medical centers (AMCs) recognized as OB anesthesia leaders were screened. A general internet search using "anes

SUBMITTER: Restrepo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12726835 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature