Tomasz Skrzypczak, Anna Skrzypczak, Andrzej Jaworek, Jacek C Szepietowski
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The LIX score was utilised to assess readability.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In general, 167 articles out of 900 screened (19%) were analysed. The overall mean LIX score was 56 ± 7, which classified articles as very difficult to comprehend. The most readable were articles retrieved with the search term 'trichophytosis' with a mean LIX score of 49 ± 3, followed by 'dermatophytosis' with 54 ± 8 and 'dermatomycosis' with 58 ± 7 (p < 0.001). The most readable articles were in English (48 ± 7) and Spanish (50 ± 5), followed by German (54 ± 4), French (55 ± 6), Italian (59 ± 5) and Polish (63 ± 4) (p < 0.001). The increase in the number of analysed articles was correlated with a higher average LIX score (p = 0.036, R<sup>2</sup> = 0.708).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Low availability and readability of online patient materials related to superficial skin fungal infections could hinder patient understanding, leading to improper antifungal use, increased recurrence rates and the risk of antifungal resistance. 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Common Disease-Difficult Understanding: Readability Analysis of Superficial Skin Fungal Infections On-Line Materials in European Languages.
Background: Studies analysing the readability of online materials about dermatomycoses were very limited.
Objectives: This study evaluated the readability of online materials related to superficial skin fungal infections in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Polish.
Methods: The terms 'dermatomycosis', 'dermatophytosis' and 'trichophytosis' translated into included languages were searched using the Google search engine. The first 50 records in each language were screened for suitability. Articles that were accessible, relevant to dermatological fungal infections and aimed at patient education were included. The LIX score was utilised to assess readability.
Results: In general, 167 articles out of 900 screened (19%) were analysed. The overall mean LIX score was 56 ± 7, which classified articles as very difficult to comprehend. The most readable were articles retrieved with the search term 'trichophytosis' with a mean LIX score of 49 ± 3, followed by 'dermatophytosis' with 54 ± 8 and 'dermatomycosis' with 58 ± 7 (p < 0.001). The most readable articles were in English (48 ± 7) and Spanish (50 ± 5), followed by German (54 ± 4), French (55 ± 6), Italian (59 ± 5) and Polish (63 ± 4) (p < 0.001). The increase in the number of analysed articles was correlated with a higher average LIX score (p = 0.036, R2 = 0.708).
Conclusions: Low availability and readability of online patient materials related to superficial skin fungal infections could hinder patient understanding, leading to improper antifungal use, increased recurrence rates and the risk of antifungal resistance. The dermatologists should take action to ensure adequate online materials in Internet-based society.
期刊介绍：
The journal Mycoses provides an international forum for original papers in English on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, therapy, prophylaxis, and epidemiology of fungal infectious diseases in humans as well as on the biology of pathogenic fungi.
Medical mycology as part of medical microbiology is advancing rapidly. Effective therapeutic strategies are already available in chemotherapy and are being further developed. Their application requires reliable laboratory diagnostic techniques, which, in turn, result from mycological basic research. Opportunistic mycoses vary greatly in their clinical and pathological symptoms, because the underlying disease of a patient at risk decisively determines their symptomatology and progress. The journal Mycoses is therefore of interest to scientists in fundamental mycological research, mycological laboratory diagnosticians and clinicians interested in fungal infections.
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