Evaluation of the quality and contents of diabetes mellitus patient education on Internet

Thakurdesai, Prasad; Kole, Prashant; Pareek, R P

doi:10.1016/j.pec.2003.04.001

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“…Educating the patients can help stabilize their emotional state but from the patients' perspectives, diabetes education consists of an overwhelming amount of new information, which is often presented on only one occasion. The consumers want their education to be a continuous process [11]. The Web seems to be an effective medium in this respect because they can access information anytime, anywhere, repeatedly.…”

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“…One widely expressed concern about OHI is that patients can freely access information about their disease from both reliable and unreliable sources [7,8] which could mislead readers, especially if the OHI is outdated [7], or comes from a non-validated source [9,10]. Doctors have expressed concerns in the literature that confusing online information may create a need for increased educational input so that the mis-information obtained online will not interfere with treatment goals [11]. Online health education (OHE) refers to online material that is specifically tailored to the needs of patients who suffer from a specific disease [12] .…”

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Benefits of Online Health Education: Perception from Consumers and Health Professionals

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With the advancement in technology and availability of the Internet, online health education could become one of the media for health education. As health education is to persuade patients on health behavioural change, understanding perceived benefits of online health education is an important aspect to explore. The aim of this study is to explore consumers and health professionals opinion on online health education. Literature review was conducted and identified the benefits of online health education (OHE). Survey was conducted to health consumers and health professionals. Descriptive analyses were performed using SPSS Version 19.0. The analysis of the literature has identified a set of 12 potential benefits of OHE which had been used to understand the perceptions of the effectiveness of OPE sites and these have been validated in the study. This study has the practical implication as the study identified OHE effectiveness, which definitely can assist health practitioners on health education, which can lead to better health outcome. AbstractWith the advancement in technology and availability of the Internet, online health education could become one of the media for health education. As health education is to persuade patients on health behavioural change, understanding perceived benefits of online health education is an important aspect to explore. The aim of this study is to explore consumers and health professionals opinion on online health education. Literature review was conducted and identified the benefits of online health education (OHE). Survey was conducted to health consumers and health professionals. Descriptive analyses were performed using SPSS Version 19.0. The analysis of the literature has identified a set of 12 potential benefits of OHE which had been used to understand the perceptions of the effectiveness of OPE sites and these have been validated in the study. This study has the practical implication as the study identified OHE effectiveness, which definitely can assist health practitioners on health education, which can lead to better health outcome.

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“…During the last decade, there has been published a large number of studies scrutinizing the quality of online information related to most if not any known disease or medical condition. Various authors conclude that the Internet is not a reliable source of information and does not accurately inform patients about coronary heart disease [28], cardiac murmurs [29], varicose veins and the treatment options [30], gastric cancer [31], breast cancer [32,33], head and neck cancers [34], oral cancer [35], prostate cancer [36], urological oncology [37], hemangiomas [38], menopause [39], diabetes mellitus [40,41], parathyroid disease [42], healthy nutrition [43,44], vitamin B12 [45], depression [46], epilepsy [47] rheumatological conditions [48], osteoporosis [49], first aid for burns [50,51], first aid in choking [52], cervical and lumbar disc herniation [53,54], scoliosis [55], vascular and other surgical operations [56,57], influenza [58], child fever [59], coeliac disease [60]. The concerns regarding the poor quality and many times even misguided health-related information available on the Internet have increased with the advent of Web 2.0 and its equivalents in the medical field (health blogs, health-oriented social media groups, YouTube), namely Health 2.0 and Medicine 2.0, which are characterized, among other traits, by an unprecedented increase in user-provided content [61][62][63].…”

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The Quality of Online Health-Related Information – an Emergent Consumer Health Issue

Nădășan

2016

Acta Medica Marisiensis

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The Internet has become one of the main means of communication used by people who search for health-related information. The quality of online health-related information affects the users' knowledge, their attitude, and their risk or health behaviour in complex ways and influences a substantial number of users in their decisions regarding diagnostic and treatment procedures. The aim of this review is to explore the benefits and risks associated with using the Internet as a source of health-related information; the relationship between the quality of the health-related information available on the Internet and the potential risks; the multiple conceptual components of the quality of health-related information; the evaluation criteria for quality health-related information; and the main approaches and initiatives that have been implemented worldwide to help improve users' access to high-quality health-related information.

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“…Estima-se que existam informações sobre saúde em mais de 20 mil websites 11 . Além disso, cerca de 30 a 50% dos usuários procuram regularmente informações sobre saúde 12 . Contudo, a adequação e a qualidade das informações sobre saúde ou doenças veiculadas pela internet têm sido objeto de estudo, pois em algumas situações a qualidade dessas informações é muito variável 8,13 .…”

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Análise de informações sobre a doença de Chagas disponíveis em websites brasileiros na rede mundial de computadores (internet)

Malafaia

2009

Arq. Bras. Ciên. Saúde

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Análise de informações sobre a doença de Chagas disponíveis em websites brasileiros na rede mundial de computadores (internet)Analysis of the information on Chagas disease available through Brazilian websites on the worldwide web (internet) Observou-se que há elevados percentuais de ausência de informações referentes aos tópicos discriminados em cada um dos seis blocos de informações, e que muitos websites possuem baixa qualidade quanto aos critérios estabelecidos. Considerando que a internet é fonte de informações sobre saúde para leigos e profissionais da área médica, é necessária a criação de mecanismos de disseminação de informações corretas sobre a doença de Chagas pela web, aproveitando esta ferramenta útil para a prevenção e o controle da doença no Brasil.Palavras-chave: Doença de Chagas; internet; comunicação e divulgação científica. AbstractAiming to investigate the quality of information on Chagas disease available on the worldwide web (internet), a survey on Brazilian websites was conducted through a search engine (Google). Thirty-seven websites with informative purposes were selected for this analysis. Using a systematized analysis form, the content of topics considered essential, such as transmission, reservoirs, control, disease, treatment and epidemiology was evaluated.The regulatory manuals of the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the scientific literature were defined as the standards for reference. Moreover, an evaluation of the quality of the selected websites was carried out, under the following criteria: accuracy, update, authoring, scientific grounding, language and interaction with the user. High percentage of lack of information related to the topics discriminated in each of the six content categories was observed and many websites were not considered of good quality. Considering that the internet is a source of information for non-experts and professionals of the medical area, it is necessary the establishment of mechanisms to disseminate the correct information about Chagas disease, using the advantage of this useful tool for prevention and control of the disease in Brazil.

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Evaluation of the quality and contents of diabetes mellitus patient education on Internet

Cited by 57 publications

References 34 publications

Benefits of Online Health Education: Perception from Consumers and Health Professionals

Benefits of Online Health Education: Perception from Consumers and Health Professionals

The Quality of Online Health-Related Information – an Emergent Consumer Health Issue

Análise de informações sobre a doença de Chagas disponíveis em websites brasileiros na rede mundial de computadores (internet)

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