The Quality, Readability, Completeness, and Accuracy of PTSD Websites for Firefighters

Killip, Shannon; Kwong, Natalie K R; MacDermid, Joy C.; Fletcher, Amber J.; Carleton, Nicholas

doi:10.3390/ijerph17207629

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“…Participants not only agreed on the usefulness of these educational principles in addressing stigma but also agreed with principles that would make educational messages accurate, reliable, and non-judgmental. This reinforces earlier studies that suggest that educational messages that are accurate, reliable, credible, and non-judgmental are crucial for addressing stigma [37,38].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Defining Destigmatizing Design Guidelines for Use in Sexual Health-Related Digital Technologies: A Delphi Study

Abdulai¹,

Howard²,

Yong

et al. 2023

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ObjectiveStigma has been recognized as a significant issue in sexual health, yet no specific guidelines exist to support digital health development teams in creating stigma-alleviating sexual health digital platforms. The purpose of this study was to develop a set of design guidelines that would serve as a reference point for addressing stigma during the design of sexual health-related digital platforms.Materials and MethodsWe conducted a 3-round Delphi study among 14 researchers in stigma and sexual health. A preliminary list of 28 design guidelines was generated from a literature review. Participants appraised and critiqued the clarity and usefulness of the preliminary list and provided comments for each item and for the overall group of items at each round. At each round, a content validity index and an interquartile range were calculated to determine the level of consensus regarding the clarity and usefulness of each guideline. Items were retained if there was high consensus and discarded if there was no consensus after the three rounds.ResultsNineteen design guidelines achieved consensus. Most of them were content-related guidelines and sought to address the emotional concerns of patients that could potentially aggravate stigma. The findings also reflected modern stigma management strategies of making stigma a societal attribute by challenging, exposing, and normalizing stigma attributes via web platforms.ConclusionTo address stigma via digital platforms, developers should not just concentrate on technical solutions but seriously consider content-related and emotional design components that are likely to result in stigma

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Defining Destigmatizing Design Guidelines for Use in Sexual Health-Related Digital Technologies: A Delphi Study

Abdulai¹,

Howard²,

Yong

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…Almost 98% of the current sample of correctional workers reported at least one correctional-specific PPTE exposure over the course of their career, which is much higher than the frequency of PPTE exposures for the general population, where 50%–90% experience one or more PPTE in their lifetime (Carleton et al, 2019; Kilpatrick et al, 2009; Ricciardelli et al, 2022), and the relative difference is consistent with PPTE exposure reports from other PSP as compared to the general population (Carleton et al, 2019). High levels of correctional-specific PPTE exposures are particularly concerning given the relationship between PTSD (Hilton et al, 2021; Killip et al, 2020; Lambert & Hogan, 2018) and other mental health disorders, such as MDD and GAD. PPTE exposures increase the odds of screening positive for several mental disorders, including PTSD, MDD, GAD, and any positive mental disorder screen.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exposures to correctional-specific potentially psychologically traumatic events among Ontario provincial correctional workers.

Ricciardelli¹,

Mitchell²,

Taillieu

et al. 2023

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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Objective: Correctional work involves exposures to correctional-specific potentially psychologically traumatic events (PPTEs); however, the frequency and impact of such PPTEs on the mental health of correctional workers remain unclear. We analyzed the prevalence and frequency of 13 different occupationalspecific PPTE exposures among correctional workers (n = 980; 50.7% female) and estimated associations with mental health symptoms. Method: The survey data used are from the Provincial Ontario Correctional Worker Mental Health Prevalence Study in Canada. Cross-tabulations, Chi-square tests, ANOVAs, and logistic regression are used to examine the following: (a) the distribution of correctional-specific PPTEs across correctional worker occupational categories; (b) the frequencies of correctional-specific PPTE exposures; and (c) the association between correctional-specific PPTEs and mental disorders. Population-attributable fractions (PAFs) are used to estimate the proportion of mental disorders that may be attributable to PPTE exposures. Results: Most correctional workers reported exposures to most types of PPTEs, including being directly threatened or subject to abusive language (94.6%), de-escalating a prison/client in mental health crisis (92.2%), and using force or suit up and resort to "use of force" in a nontraining situation (70.6%). The mean number of lifetime PPTE exposures was 7.79 (SD = 3.33). There were statistically significant differences in PPTE exposure patterns across correctional worker categories. PPTEs were positively associated with mental disorder symptoms for all participants. PAFs indicated that mental disorders among correctional workers could reduce by 66%-80% with the elimination of all PPTEs among correctional workers. Conclusions: Eliminating PPTE exposures is unlikely in the correctional environment; nevertheless, the results indicate that mitigating PPTEs may drastically improve the mental health of correctional workers. Clinical Impact StatementCorrectional workers experience correctional-specific PPTEs at least 10 times more frequently than the general population, placing them at increased risk for several different mental health disorders. There is evidence of important variation in correctional-specific PPTE exposures across categories of correctional work, but all correctional workers reported high levels of correctional-specific PPTE exposures and should be equipped with supports, tools, and resources to effectively protect their mental health throughout their occupational activities. Responding to such experience with evidenced informed treatment practices is essential to help overcome the potential of compromised mental health.

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“…Chi et al [ 10 ] concluded that doctors could improve the way they explained therapies with the knowledge on information patients read online [ 10 ]. DISCERN was employed also by Killip et al [ 47 ] in their study on the quality, readability, completeness, and accuracy of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) websites for firefighters.…”

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Quality of Infectious Disease Hospital Websites in Poland in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Król

Zdonek

2021

IJERPH

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The quality of healthcare service websites gains particular importance in the time of the pandemic, asthe popularity of electronic services grows. This applies to infectious disease hospitals as well, often on the front line of the effort against COVID-19. The paper aims to assess the quality of infectious disease hospital websites in Poland in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research covered 91 websites. The first stage was an analysis of selected technical attributes of the websites (including website performance, SEO quality, website availability, and mobile-friendliness) with selected online tools, such as Google PageSpeed Insights, Blink Audit Tool, Backlink Checker, andwebsite accessibility evaluation tool (WAVE). The data were then analyzed with statistical methods. The next step was to analyze the content of the websites. The research has shown that most of the websites were of satisfactory quality, apart from those that were not mobile-ready. The following keywords were found most often on the hospital websites: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, smear, specialist care clinic, isolation, telephone consultations, sample collection center, support, coronavirus, recommendations, patient registration, signs of disease. The research suggests that the quality of infectious disease hospital websites in Poland is significantly diversified in search engine optimization, mobile-friendliness, and needs of people at risk of digital exclusion.

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The Quality, Readability, Completeness, and Accuracy of PTSD Websites for Firefighters

Cited by 15 publications

References 48 publications

Defining Destigmatizing Design Guidelines for Use in Sexual Health-Related Digital Technologies: A Delphi Study

Defining Destigmatizing Design Guidelines for Use in Sexual Health-Related Digital Technologies: A Delphi Study

Exposures to correctional-specific potentially psychologically traumatic events among Ontario provincial correctional workers.

The Quality of Infectious Disease Hospital Websites in Poland in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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