AI-Simplified Materials for Health Literacy
What You Need to Know Before You Apply
What is the purpose of this trial?
Poor health literacy and patient comprehension have been associated with adverse health outcomes. Patient educational materials (PEMs) are articles that are intended to assist patients in their understanding of a given medical condition. Given that the average American adult reads at the 8th grade level, the American Medical Association and the Center for Disease Control recommend PEM be written at the 6th grade level. However, literature has found the majority of PEMs to be written significantly higher than the 8th grade level. In order to improve their readability, a number of studies have displayed the effectiveness of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT to simplify the text of a given PEM. Despite the improvement in readability, the effectiveness of these simplified PEMs on improving patient comprehension of the AI augmented material has yet to be investigated.
The purpose of our study is to test whether the improvement in readability found in AI-simplified PEMs corresponds to a greater understanding of the material compared to the original PEM. Understanding if AI-simplified PEM truly improves comprehension could further support this use case for AI and aid providers and healthcare organizations in improving the health literacy of their patients.
This study aims to answer the following question:
Do AI simplified PEMs improve the comprehension of pediatric orthopaedic conditions?
Researchers will compare AI-simplified PEMs to their original, unmodified counterparts in order to see if there is any difference in post reading comprehension of the participants.
Participation in the study will include:
* A brief baseline survey (e.g. demographics and educational attainment)
* A randomly assigned reading of either the original PEM or the AI simplified version.
* A 10 question post-reading multiple choice quiz
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
Timeline for a Trial Participant
Screening
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial
Baseline Survey
Participants complete a baseline survey including demographics and educational attainment
Intervention
Participants are randomly assigned to read either the original or AI-simplified patient educational material
Assessment
Participants complete a 10 question multiple choice quiz to assess comprehension of the material
Follow-up
Participants are monitored for comprehension scores and demographic factors affecting comprehension
What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?
Interventions
- AI Simplification
How Is the Trial Designed?
2
Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
This group will read a patient educational material pertaining to osteogenesis imperfecta that was simplified to the 6th grade reading level by artificial intelligence.
This group of participants will receive a patient educational material pertaining to osteogenesis imperfecta and written by a physician without simplification by artificial intelligence.
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Lead Sponsor
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