A quality and readability comparison of artificial intelligence and popular health website education materials for common hand surgery procedures.

Journal: Hand surgery & rehabilitation
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: ChatGPT and its application in producing patient education materials for orthopedic hand disorders has not been extensively studied. This study evaluated the quality and readability of educational information pertaining to common hand surgeries from patient education websites and information produced by ChatGPT.

Authors

  • Nicholas B Pohl
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: nickbpohl@gmail.com.
  • Evan Derector
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Michael Rivlin
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Abdo Bachoura
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedics Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
  • Rick Tosti
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Amir R Kachooei
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedics Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
  • Pedro K Beredjiklian
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Daniel J Fletcher
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.