Internet use for patient care and health research: A cross-sectional study among physicians in a teaching hospital of Eastern India

Bhatia, Sanchit; Patnaik, Lipilekha; Pattanaik, Sumitra; Sahu, Trilochan

doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_262_17

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“…In doing so, they always come across many irrelevant studies and exclude them due to being irrelevant or not fitting the inclusion criteria, although these excluded studies are found in trusted search engines and/or databases. The situation is completely different when we talk about the patients; they basically search everywhere in the internet, and don’t apply pre-defined criteria in order to dispute a piece of health information [ 15 ]. Unfortunately, they mostly trust the information they come across in the internet.…”

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Quality of web-based Arabic health information on dental implants: an infodemiological study

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Background In the era of the internet, patients seek health information ahead of getting the required treatment. Dental implant, which is among the most sought dental treatments, is not an exception. Incorrect health related information may lead to harmful deeds, so this study sought to assess the quality of web-based Arabic health information on dental implants. Methods The following engines were searched: Google (http://www.google.com), Yahoo! (http://www.yahoo.com), and Bing (http://www.bing.com) on 13 January 2022 for specific Arabic terms on “dental implants”. The first 100 consecutive websites from each engine were analyzed for eligibility. The eligible websites were assessed using JAMA benchmarks tool, DISCERN tool, and HONcode. An online tool (including FKGL, SMOG and FRE) was used to assess readability of the websites. Results There were 65 eligible websites, of which only one (1.5%) was HONcode certified. Only 3 (4.5%) websites attained a high score (> 65 out of 80) based on DISCERN tool: The mean DISCERN score was 41.14 ± 12.64. The mean JAMA score was 1.69 ± 1.13; however, only five (7.6%) met all JAMA criteria. The main shortcomings were attributed to not meeting the “Attribution” (54 [83.1%]) and “Authorship” (43 [66.2%]) criteria. The mean grade level of FKGL score was 7.0 ± 4.5. The majority of the websites (60%) scored less than 7, indicating easy content to understand. The mean grade level of SMOG score required to understand a website’s text was 3.2 ± 0.6. Around 91% of the websites had reading ease scores ≥ 80, suggesting that the website’s content was easy to read. Conclusion Unfortunately, although readable, most of the easily accessible web-based Arabic health information on dental implants does not meet the recognized quality standards.

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Quality of web-based Arabic health information on dental implants: an infodemiological study

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Medical practitioners’ decision making on quality of online medical information: A consumption values theory analysis

Afful-Dadzie

Egala

2022

Health Policy and Technology

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Validation of five search filters for retrieval of clinical practice guidelines produced low precision

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Liu

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

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Objectives: The aim of the study was to validate search filters for retrieval of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in MEDLINE, Embase, and PubMed. Study Design and Setting: A search for filters for identifying CPGs was conducted in Google and the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup Search Filter Resource. To retrieve a random sample of CPGs to test sensitivity and precision of the filters, we used the TRIP and Epistemonikos databases. The citations were screened independently by two researchers. The sensitivity and precision were calculated. Results: Five search filters were retrieved: two from the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), two from the University of Texas, and one from the MD Anderson Cancer Center Library. A total of 478 records were screened to identify 109 CPGs, which comprised the sample for testing sensitivity and precision. The sensitivity ranged from 87% to 98% for the five search filters and very low precision (!1%) across all databases. Conclusion: Knowledge users who are interested in retrieving all relevant CPGs can use the CADTH broad filter with the highest sensitivity. However, our analysis shows that it remains difficult to efficiently identify CPGs because of low precision of five search filters. We recommend searching guideline-specific resources as a more time-efficient approach than searching bibliographic databases.

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Internet use for patient care and health research: A cross-sectional study among physicians in a teaching hospital of Eastern India

Cited by 5 publications

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Quality of web-based Arabic health information on dental implants: an infodemiological study

Quality of web-based Arabic health information on dental implants: an infodemiological study

Medical practitioners’ decision making on quality of online medical information: A consumption values theory analysis

Validation of five search filters for retrieval of clinical practice guidelines produced low precision

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