Evaluation of Internet websites about floaters and light flashes in patient education

Barbosa, Andréa Lima; Martins, Elisabeth Nogueira

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“…Regarding the evaluation of the quality of the technical information from the website, the results obtained from the application of the modification of Health on the Net Code 2 are presented in Figure 6. Given that the closer to the maximum score (13 points) improved the technical quality of the website, the Babies Portal was classified as very good.…”

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Website Babies Portal: development and evaluation of the contents regarding orofacial functions

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Education mediated by technology facilitates the access to information and can reach more people, including a broader range of socio-economic groups and ages, and at a low-cost. The website "Babies Portal - Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology and Dentistry" (http://portaldosbebes.fob.usp.br) was developed to provide parents with information on communication procedure disorders and oral health, enabling them to prevent and identify any changes in development early while looking for the best treatment.Objective:The objective is to describe the development and evaluation of the content pertaining to the oral functions featured in the "Babies Portal".Methods:The first stage consisted of a literature review, development/selection of illustrations and an evaluation of the possible external links that could be available. In the second stage, 10 speech-language and hearing pathologists (group A) and five parents of babies (group B) evaluated the website via an online form, which included ethical and personal information and questions about the quality, technical information and comparative prior knowledge acquired after the access. In the first stage, there was the construction of five sections ("The Oral Functions", "Breastfeeding", "Food", "Pacifier, baby bottle and finger sucking" and "Breath") based on scientific studies, presenting objective information, content links prepared by the Ministry of Health and a Dentistry section in the "Babies Portal" website. Videos, static and dynamic images were also distributed throughout the sections.Results:Regarding the second stage, 90% of all speech-language and hearing pathologists judged a good/excellent quality for all sections and classified the technical quality as very good. By their turn, 88% of the parents (group B) reported that the website helped or helped very much in understanding the contents, and 80% rated the quality as good or excellent.Conclusions:Five sections concerning the oral functions were structured, and the results collected from groups A and B suggest that the content provided is adequate and reliable.

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“…In the result of the modified questionnaire of Health on the Net Code 2 , it was observed that the "Updates" category was one of the best evaluated. This criterion is very important for considering a dynamic method that enables the addressed content updates to convey a more reliable and interesting source of information to the audience 24 .…”

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“…According to these studies and an investigation of research findings related to the quality of information in medical and related field’s information (1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24, 25, 26); it can be inferred that much health information is available on the Internet, but that this information is not always reliable.…”

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“…Findings from studies of health information including back pain (6), burn scars (7), educational materials about schizophrenia (8), viral infections (9), retinopathy of prematurity (10), scoliosis (11), breast feeding web sites (12), colorectal cancer (13), and floaters and light flashes (14) suggested that there is a need for more attention to be given to the quality of information available on websites. In addition to these, information available on the Internet about mental disorders has been reported to be of poor quality, too (15, 16, 17).…”

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Quality Assessment of Persian Mental Disorders Websites Using the Webmedqual Scale

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Introduction:Nowadays, anyone with any level of Internet knowledge can act as producer and distributor of information. It differs from most traditional media of information transmission, lack of information control and lack of quality management to contents. This leads to quality of health information on the internet is doubtful. The object of this study is guidance patients to select valid mental disorders and determine the quality of Persian mental disorders websites.Methods:The sample of this study comprised 29 Persian mental disorders websites that were chosen by searching the Google, Yahoo and AltaVista search engines for the Persian equivalents of the three concepts “depression,” “anxiety,” and “obsession”. website was created by individuals or organizations. Data collection was performed with the WebMedQual checklist. Websites was assessed based on indicators as content, authority of source, design, accessibility and availability, links, user support, and confidentiality and privacy (Maximum score for any website was 83, mean score 41.5 and minimum score was 0). Collected data analyzed by one sample T- test in SPSS 20. Findings presented by Mean score and optimal score.Results:Based on the WebMedQual scale the mean score of Persian mental disorders websites in sex constructs including “content” (7.02±2.10), “authority of source” (4.71±1.96),”accessibility and availability” (2.19±0.47), “links” (1.45±0.97), “user support” (4.28±1.33), and”confidentiality and privacy” (2.81±2.81) are poor and below average, but the score for the “design” (9.17± 1.59) is above average. The best website of mental disorders was that of the “IranianPsychological Association”.Conclusions:According to the results, only one website obtained the average score, so the quality of Persian mental disorders websites is low. Therefore, it is essential for users to criticize websites’ content and not trust them before evaluating them. It is better to use the ranked list websites or search on the internet by help information experts.

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“…Diante dos trinta e seis títulos encontrados foi feita uma seleção daqueles que tivessem sido referenciados com a palavra avaliação. Assim foram apenas nove artigos tratam da avaliação de sites de saúde [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19]. Esta realidade sugere que seja ainda incipiente a produção nacional neste campo.…”

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Evaluation of Internet websites about floaters and light flashes in patient education

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Website Babies Portal: development and evaluation of the contents regarding orofacial functions

Website Babies Portal: development and evaluation of the contents regarding orofacial functions

Quality Assessment of Persian Mental Disorders Websites Using the Webmedqual Scale

Filmografia de Humberto Mauro em ciência inovação e saúde; by Humberto Mauro

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