Enhancing Readability of Lay Abstracts and Summaries for Urologic Oncology Literature Using Generative Artificial Intelligence: BRIDGE-AI 6 Randomized Controlled Trial
Bibliographic record
Abstract
PURPOSE To evaluate a generative artificial intelligence (GAI) framework for creating readable lay abstracts and summaries (LASs) of urologic oncology research, while maintaining accuracy, completeness, and clarity, for the purpose of assessing their comprehension and perception among patients and caregivers. METHODS Forty original abstracts (OAs) on prostate, bladder, kidney, and testis cancers from leading journals were selected. LASs were generated using a free GAI tool, with three versions per abstract for consistency. Readability was compared with OAs using validated metrics. Two independent reviewers assessed accuracy, completeness, and clarity and identified AI hallucinations. A pilot study was conducted with 277 patients and caregivers randomly assigned to receive either OAs or LASs and complete comprehension and perception assessments. RESULTS Mean GAI-generated LAS generation time was <10 seconds. Across 600 sections generated, readability and quality metrics were consistent ( P > .05). Quality scores ranged from 85% to 100%, with hallucinations in 1% of sections. The best test showed significantly better readability (68.9 v 25.3; P < .001), grade level, and text metrics compared with the OA. Methods sections had slightly lower accuracy (85% v 100%; P = .03) and trifecta achievement (82.5% v 100%; P = .01), but other sections retained high quality (≥92.5%; P > .05). GAI-generated LAS recipients scored significantly better in comprehension and most perception-based questions ( P < .001) with LAS being the only consistently significant predictor ( P < .001). CONCLUSION GAI-generated LASs for urologic oncology research are highly readable and generally preserve the quality of the OAs. Patients and caregivers demonstrated improved comprehension and more favorable perceptions of LASs compared with OAs. Human oversight remains essential to ensure the accurate, complete, and clear representations of the original research.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.014 | 0.034 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.003 | 0.004 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.003 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.008 | 0.001 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".