Evaluating the Quality of Internet Information for Femoroacetabular Impingement

Lee, Simon; Shin, Jason J.; Haro, Marc S.; Song, Sang Hoon; Nho, Shane J.

doi:10.1016/j.arthro.2014.04.102

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“…The percentage of HONcode-certified websites was evaluated to assess the reliability and credibility of online information on rotator cuff tears and determine its relationship to quality. It was found that 29.7% of websites were HONcode certified, which is higher than investigations on Tommy John injuries (3.5%), 23 femoroacetabular impingement (8%), 48 total ankle replacement (8%), 33 and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (17%). 32 The higher number could be attributed to our publication being more recent and increasing awareness of the importance of certification.…”

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Online Resources for Rotator Cuff Repair: What are Patients Reading?

Goldenberg

Schairer

Dekker

et al. 2019

Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to use a novel scoring system to evaluate the content and grade the quality of websites that patients may use to learn about rotator cuff repair. Methods: Two search terms ("rotator cuff repair" and "rotator cuff surgery") were entered into 3 Internet search engines (Google, Yahoo, and Bing). We scored the quality of information using a novel scoring system. Website quality was further assessed by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) benchmark criteria and Health on the Net Foundation (HON) code certification. The readability of the websites was evaluated with the Flesch-Kincaid score. Results: We evaluated 47 websites. The average quality for all websites was 6.47 AE 5.21 (maximum 20 points). There was a large difference in scores between the top 5 websites and the remaining websites (16.30 vs 5.51, P < .001). There was no difference in scores when comparing the 3 different search engines (P ¼ .85). The mean reading level was 10.17 AE 2.24. Reading level was not significantly correlated with quality (r s ¼ 0.14, P ¼ .36). The average JAMA benchmark criteria score for all websites was 2.34 AE 1.11 (maximum 4 points). JAMA criteria score was not significantly correlated with quality (r s ¼ 0.02, P ¼ .91). Sites without HONcode certification had higher quality scores (8.33 AE 4.80) than sites with HONcode certification (6.18 AE 4.66), but this difference was not statistically significant (P ¼ .15). Conclusion: The quality of patient-level information on rotator cuff repair on the Internet is both incomplete and written at a reading level higher than current recommendations. Information quality is not significantly correlated with reading level or JAMA criteria, and does not depend on the search term used or HONcode certification. Clinical Relevance: Patients having rotator cuff repair may seek information on the Internet; the information may require surgeon clarification.

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confidence: 75%

Online Resources for Rotator Cuff Repair: What are Patients Reading?

Goldenberg

Schairer

Dekker

et al. 2019

Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation

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“…As shown in our quality evaluation results, our study found the quality of the internet information about NA-FLD to be generally poor. In addition to our study, several studies of internet health information assessments for other diseases demonstrated marked variation in quality and poor quality information in need of many improvements, although these studies used different evaluation tools [21,28,33,34]. Therefore, there is great concern regarding the quality of internet health information [18,35].…”

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The quality of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease information resources for patients on the internet in Korea

Lee

Jung

et al. 2021

Korean J Intern Med

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Background/Aims: Many patients uses the internet to obtain information about their diseases. However, there is increasing concern regarding the quality of internet information. Thus, we aimed to systematically evaluate the quality of websites containing educational information about non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in Korea. Methods: Naver, Daum, and Google search engines were searched using the term "non-alcoholic fatty liver disease" in Korean. Two reviewers independently evaluated website quality using the quality evaluation instrument (QEI), which awarded websites scores for specific information on various aspects of NAFLD, as well as a five-point Likert scale (1-5), the DISCERN instrument, and a global quality scale (GQS). Results: Forty-seven websites met the inclusion criteria. We found that the quality of the internet information about NAFLD is generally poor. The mean QEI score with standard deviation was 10.31 ± 5.09 (range, 4 to 22), with only 17% of websites scoring higher than 10 points. The median GQS of the websites was 2.0, with no website achieving a score of 4 or 5. The QEI score was highly associated with the GQS score (r = 0.74, p < 0.01). For each DISCERN question from question 1 to question 15, the mean score was less than 3. Conclusions: Overall, the internet health information for patients regarding NA-FLD is poor and in need of much improvement. There is a need for institutional support, qualitative regulation of internet information, and development of an accreditation system to provide patients with internet health information of appropriate quality.

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“…In addition to our study, several studies of internet health information assessments for other diseases demonstrated marked variation in quality and poor quality information in need of many improvements, although these studies used different evaluation tools [20,[29][30][31]. Therefore, there is great concern regarding the quality of internet health information [17,32].…”

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“…Thus, websites that would meet our enrollment criteria may vary depending on the time and language of the search. In other studies, however, quality was assessed by searching for specific periods and words [20,31,35,36].…”

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confidence: 99%