Anaesthesia on the World Wide Web: is reliable patient information available on the Internet?

Harmon, Debra; Duggan, Maeve; Flynn, Nancy

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01557-58.x

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“…The most important finding of this study is that anaesthesia-related internet content remains consistently poor, irrespective of which of the top search engines are used. This has not changed in the past seven years 26 . No website had a total score classified as either very good or excellent.…”

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“…Three previous studies of anaesthesia-related information on the internet concluded that the information is uniformly of poor quality 12,26,30 . Although a recent study suggested that "good" information is currently available 27 , this occurs at best a few times in the first 15 websites returned by search engines and since patients often examine only the first few, they may not encounter these sites 31 .…”

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The Evaluation of Anaesthesia-related Information on the Internet

Corcoran

Ward

Jarosz

et al. 2009

Anaesth Intensive Care

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The quality and accessibility of anaesthesia-related information available to patients on the internet is a growing concern for the specialty. We sought to evaluate the quality of anaesthesia-related websites using a simple scoring system.The scoring system comprised quality and technical scores individually, and these were also combined into a total score. Test-retest reliability was assessed by calculating intraclass correlation coefficients. We employed the four most popular search engines and one meta-search engine, using the search term "general anaesthesia". Only the first 10 sites retrieved were scored.The intraclass correlation coefficients for all terms demonstrated at least moderate agreement and the total scores demonstrated high consistency r=0.852, 0.774 (P <0.001, and P <0.003 respectively). There were 18 duplicate websites and 32 were scored. There was no difference between search engines for any of the three scores awarded. The majority of websites were rated as either 'poor' or 'fair' across all scores. Our study indicates that quality anaesthesia-related information is unlikely to be retrieved by patients using the internet.

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The Evaluation of Anaesthesia-related Information on the Internet

Corcoran

Ward

Jarosz

et al. 2009

Anaesth Intensive Care

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“…The quality, accuracy, and reliability of information on websites have been called into question by multiple studies. [13][14][15] In the Australian study, while a majority (40%) of their patients found the information they accessed useful, some reported that they found it frightening and confusing. 12 In their study 44% wanted more information to be available on the Internet.…”

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Concern for Pain in the Pre‐Operative Period‐ Is the Internet Being Used for Information By Patients?

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Patients are presenting for surgery with significant pre-operative pain issues. Knowing this information pre-operatively will help healthcare personnel manage postsurgical pain more effectively. Patients are also using the Internet to obtain information regarding pain. As providers, there may be value to directing patients to reliable information online during consultation. As all physicians will eventually be managing chronic pain in their patients, pain education should be given priority in medical school curriculum.

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“…Health information on the internet can be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate [48], and there is generally poor‐quality content on anaesthesia‐related websites on a number of measures [10]. There are variations in content, potential for conflict of interest due to commercial considerations, and concerns about the uncertain preservation of personal privacy.…”

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“…These websites were chosen as they provide information about anaesthesia, particularly with respect to hip and knee arthroplasty. In addition, the credibility and reliability of these websites have been reviewed in previous literature [9, 10]. They are produced and maintained by the Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland [11], the Health Library [12] and NHS Direct [13].…”

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Effect of informational internet web pages on patients’ decision‐making: randomised controlled trial regarding choice of spinal or general anaesthesia for orthopaedic surgery

Groves¹,

Humphreys

Williams

et al. 2010

Anaesthesia

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SummaryThis study explored whether patients' preference for particular types of anaesthesia could be influenced pre-operatively by giving them the addresses of various relevant websites. Patients at an orthopaedic pre-assessment education clinic completed a questionnaire, which included a short multiple-choice general knowledge quiz about anaesthesia, and also questioned them as to their choice of anaesthesia (general or neuraxial). Patients were randomly assigned to intervention or control groups. Intervention group members were given the addresses of three relevant anaesthesia and health related websites to access at home. All patients were asked to complete the questionnaires on a second occasion, before surgery. Initially, most patients stated a preference for general anaesthesia. Subsequently, the intervention group altered their preference towards neuraxial anaesthesia compared to the control group (p £ 0.0001).

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Anaesthesia on the World Wide Web: is reliable patient information available on the Internet?

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The Evaluation of Anaesthesia-related Information on the Internet

The Evaluation of Anaesthesia-related Information on the Internet

Concern for Pain in the Pre‐Operative Period‐ Is the Internet Being Used for Information By Patients?

Effect of informational internet web pages on patients’ decision‐making: randomised controlled trial regarding choice of spinal or general anaesthesia for orthopaedic surgery

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