Changes in Health Education Literacy After Structured Web-Based Education Versus Self-Directed Online Information Seeking in Patients Undergoing Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery: Nonrandomized, Controlled Study

Mariella Seel   ¹ , BA, MSc, Dr. sc. med. ;   Julian Alexander Mihalic   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Stefan Mathias Froschauer   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Bernhard Holzner   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Jens Meier   ^{1, 4} , MD, PhD ;   Tobias Gotterbarm   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Matthias Holzbauer   ^{1, 2} , MD, LLM

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Linz, Austria

² Department for Orthopedics and Traumatology, Kepler University Hospital GmbH, Linz, Austria

³ Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Medical Psychology, University Hospital of Psychiatry II, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Kepler University Hospital GmbH, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Linz, Austria