Assessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Patient Education: Evaluating Accuracy and Readability of Responses on Surgical Procedures for Patellar Tendon Rupture.

Cureus · 2026 · PMC13286298 · PMID 42338855

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closest p · 1.2× alpha

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boldest claim

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did not reach statistical significancep=0.058so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

DISCERN score Perplexity demonstrated the highest mean DISCERN score among the evaluated models; however, the overall Kruskal-Wallis test did not reach statistical significance (p=0.058).

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approached significancep = 0.075so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Even though Perplexity demonstrated the highest mean DISCERN scores among the evaluated AI models, no statistically significant differences in readability were observed among the four chatbots, although results approached significance (p = 0.075).

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