Quality of information concerning cervical disc herniation on the Internet
| Autor: | Nael Shanti, Simon Morr, Justin P. Kubeck, Michael C. Gerling, Alexandra Carrer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject education MEDLINE Context (language use) Cervical spine disorder Patient Education as Topic medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Quality (business) Medical physics media_common Internet business.industry Information quality Internet Standard medicine.disease Surgery Orthopedics Cervical Vertebrae The Internet Neurology (clinical) business Intervertebral Disc Displacement Patient education |
| Zdroj: | The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society. 10(4) |
| ISSN: | 1878-1632 |
| Popis: | Background Context Many Americans seek and are influenced in their decision making by medical information on the Internet. Past studies have repeatedly found information on most medical Web sites to be deficient and of low quality. Physicians must remain aware of the quality and reliability of the information available on the Internet for patient education purposes. Purpose To assess quality and authorship of Internet Web sites regarding a common cervical spine disorder, cervical disc herniation. Study Design The present study is a systematic quality assessment survey of Web sites concerning cervical disc herniation. Methods Fifty relevant and unique sites were identified. The five most popular search engines were used to identify 100 Web sites using the search term, “cervical disc herniation.” Using a validated technique, three orthopedic surgeons independently generated content quality scores and accuracy scores, then integrated into a single final total summary score for each Web site. Results Four of the five identified top-scoring Web sites were found to be commercial and one was academic. Most of the Web sites were found to be physician sponsored, followed by academic and commercial. Conclusions There is wide variability in Web site quality, with most of the Web sites failing to be sufficiently comprehensive and accurate. Physicians treating patients with cervical disc herniation must remain vigilant in guiding their patients to proper information on the Internet. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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