Jingfeng Chen, Lina Wen, Guifen Fu, Chaoqun Bai, Xiaoxue Lei, Yanping Zhang
The relationship between health literacy and blood sugar control in rural areas among diabetes patients
Frontiers in endocrinology
chatgpt artificial intelligence platform available patients seeking medical advice traditionally urology patients consulted official providercreated materials particularly urology care foundation ucf today men increasingly go online due rising costs health care stigma surrounding sexual health online health information largely inaccessible laypersons exceeds recommended american sixth eighth grade reading level conducted comparative assessment patient education materials generated chatgpt vs ucf regarding mens health conditions 6 ucf mens health resources identified chatgpt responses generated using patient questions obtained ucf adjusted chatgpt responses generated prompting explain like sixth grade textual analysis performed using sentence word syllable complex word count six validated formulae used readability analysis two physicians independently scored responses accuracy comprehensiveness understandability statistical analysis involved wilcoxon matchedpairs test chatgpt responses longer complex ucf chatgpt failed official readability standards although chatgpt performed significantly worse across 6 topics p 001 conversely adjusted chatgpt readability typically surpassed ucf even meeting recommended level 2 topics qualitatively ucf chatgpt comparable accuracy although chatgpt better comprehensiveness worse understandability comparing readability chatgptgenerated education less accessible providerwritten content although neither meets recommended level analysis indicates specific artificial intelligence prompts simplify educational materials meet national standards accommodate individual literacy