Drugs on the Internet, Part II: Antidepressant Medication Web Sites

Morgan, Melissa; Montagne, Michael

doi:10.3109/10826084.2011.588878

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“…One such site that tries to maintain the integrity of information on websites is the HON Foundation. This nonprofit and nongovernmental website endorses the content of many webpages based on several criteria including: complementarity, justifiability, financial disclosure, and advertising policy (Health On the Net Foundation, 2011; Morgan and Montagne, 2011).…”

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Drugs on the Internet, Part III: Tobacco and Smoking on the Web

Morgan

Montagne

2012

Substance Use & Misuse

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This study examines the types of tobacco- and smoking-related websites that are available on the Internet. The search terms used were nicotine, tobacco, and cigarette. These terms were searched in the engines Google and Yahoo as well as video-sharing website YouTube and analyzed based on the search engine results pages (SERPs) that were produced. The results returned the following categories of websites: health information and news, smoking cessation, product ads/sales, history of tobacco and smoking, prosmoking/pleasure, smoking prevention/control, and miscellaneous. Results showed fluctuations in the number of search engine results by search term and date. There also was variable quality and availability of informative resources for Internet users due to lack of quality control criteria and regulation.

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“…Furthermore, Wikipedia was always one of the top URLs on both Google and Yahoo SERPs despite which search term was used. A previous study on website quality regarding antidepressants also found that "regardless of search engine or search term the first page of results always yielded a link to Wikipedia.com" (Morgan and Montagne, 2011).…”

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Drugs on the Internet, Part III: Tobacco and Smoking on the Web

Morgan

Montagne

2012

Substance Use & Misuse

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“…The internet was found to be commonly used by people with depression for medicine fact seeking [ 52 ]. Antidepressant information is initiated and disseminated online more quickly than normal published literature while the accurate scientific facts about these medicines are limited in webpages as for emotive and promotional purposes [ 53 ].…”

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Determining Current Medications Usage within a Cohort of Patients in the UK—A Descriptive Retrospective Study

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Swansea University’s United Kingdom (UK) Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Register is a platform that contains information on more than 17600 people with MS living in the UK. The register has been in operation since 2011 and represents comprehensive information about people living with MS in the UK. It is considered the first register of its kind that can link information from patients to clinical data and has been established to answer different information needs about MS. Aim: to elucidate the trends in patterns of medicines currently used by people with MS in the UK MS register. Methods: This study follows an exploratory descriptive design using the UK MS register as data resource. A number of 4516 people completed the EQ-5D survey out of 8736 people who were MS registered in the portal at that time which represents around 52% of the register total population. Descriptive analysis and tests were performed with SPSS to address the research objectives. Result: There are several medicine names entered by people with MS in their profiles. These medicines are used either to manage MS symptoms or to treat its associated complications. Among the medicine types revealed in this study, disease modifying drugs (DMDs), muscle relaxants, and anticonvulsants are the medicine types mainly used by people with MS followed by antidepressant and antianxiety medicines. Conclusions: From the antidepressants used most widely, amitriptyline was chosen as a subject medicine for further investigation in the remaining studies of this research due to its high frequency use, the elevated depression rates discovered among people with MS who seek information on it online, and the high online content noted on websites about this medicine. The choice was supported by the results of logistic regression analysis relating the use of amitriptyline to clinical data on the anxiety and depression incidences investigated.

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“…Although there have been numerous evaluations of Web-based health information [ 6 , 10 ], fewer studies have evaluated Web-based medication information [ 3 , 9 , 15 - 22 ]. Given the importance of Web-based medication information to consumers [ 23 ], this study aimed to evaluate the medication information on 4 frequently used Australian websites.…”

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Evaluation of Web-Based Consumer Medication Information: Content and Usability of 4 Australian Websites

Raban

Tariq

Richardson³

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Interact J Med Res

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BackgroundMedication is the most common intervention in health care, and written medication information can affect consumers’ medication-related behavior. Research has shown that a large proportion of Australians search for medication information on the Internet.ObjectiveTo evaluate the medication information content, based on consumer medication information needs, and usability of 4 Australian health websites: Better Health Channel, myDr, healthdirect, and NPS MedicineWise .MethodsTo assess website content, the most common consumer medication information needs were identified using (1) medication queries to the healthdirect helpline (a telephone helpline available across most of Australia) and (2) the most frequently used medications in Australia. The most frequently used medications were extracted from Australian government statistics on use of subsidized medicines in the community and the National Census of Medicines Use. Each website was assessed to determine whether it covered or partially covered information and advice about these medications. To assess website usability, 16 consumers participated in user testing wherein they were required to locate 2 pieces of medication information on each website. Brief semistructured interviews were also conducted with participants to gauge their opinions of the websites.ResultsInformation on prescription medication was more comprehensively covered on all websites (3 of 4 websites covered 100% of information) than nonprescription medication (websites covered 0%-67% of information). Most websites relied on consumer medicines information leaflets to convey prescription medication information to consumers. Information about prescription medication classes was less comprehensive, with no website providing all information examined about antibiotics and antidepressants. Participants (n=16) were able to locate medication information on websites in most cases (accuracy ranged from 84% to 91%). However, a number of usability issues relating to website navigation and information display were identified. For example, websites not allowing combinations of search terms to be entered in search boxes and continuous blocks of text without subheadings.ConclusionsOf the 4 Australian health information websites tested, none provided consumers with comprehensive medication information on both prescription and nonprescription medications in a user-friendly way. Using data on consumer information needs and user testing to guide medication information content and website design is a useful approach to inform consumer website development.

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Drugs on the Internet, Part II: Antidepressant Medication Web Sites

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

Drugs on the Internet, Part III: Tobacco and Smoking on the Web

Drugs on the Internet, Part III: Tobacco and Smoking on the Web

Determining Current Medications Usage within a Cohort of Patients in the UK—A Descriptive Retrospective Study

Evaluation of Web-Based Consumer Medication Information: Content and Usability of 4 Australian Websites

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