Wanchen Wang, Jia Song, Chengxin Fan, Qiusha Li, Dongping Ma, Wenqiang Yin
Cross-sectional study of factors affecting the receipt of mental health education in older migrants in China
BMC public health
readability online bariatric surgery patient education materials pems often surpasses recommended 6th grade level large language models llms like chatgpt bard potential revolutionize pem delivery aimed evaluate readability pems produced us medical institutions compared llms well ability llms simplify responses responses frequently asked questions faqs related bariatric surgery gathered topranked health institutions faq responses also generated gpt35 gpt4 bard llms prompted improve readability initial responses readability institutional responses initial llm responses simplified llm responses graded using validated readability formulas accuracy comprehensiveness initial simplified llm responses also compared responses 66 faqs included institutional initial llm responses poor readability average reading levels ranging 9th grade college graduate simplified responses llms significantly improved readability reading levels ranging 6th grade college freshman comparing simplified llm responses gpt4 responses demonstrated highest readability reading levels ranging 6th 9th grade accuracy similar initial simplified responses llms comprehensiveness similar initial simplified responses gpt35 gpt4 however 348 bards simplified responses graded less comprehensive compared initial study highlights efficacy llms enhancing readability bariatric surgery pems gpt4 outperformed models generating simplified pems 6th 9th grade reading levels unlike gpt35 gpt4 bards simplified responses graded less comprehensive advocate future studies examining potential role llms dynamic personalized sources pems diverse patient populations literacy levels