Quality of vascular surgery Web sites on the Internet

Grewal, Perbinder; Williams, Bryan; Alagaratnam, Swethan; Neffendorf, James E; Soobrah, Ramawad

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2012.04.058

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“…DISCERN is a validated instrument designed to assess the quality of written information on treatment choices, and can be applied to any disease ( Supplementary Appendix Table E1). 3 Sixteen questions are rated from 1 (low quality/not addressed) through 5 (high quality/fully addressed). Questions 1-8 evaluate publication reliability, questions 9-15 evaluate the quality of information regarding treatment options, and question 16 evaluates the overall publication.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Despite these advantages, there are concerns regarding the accuracy and reliability of online health information, and there is significant potential for patients to be misinformed. 3,4 In addition, many online resources are written at a high reading level, which negatively impacts patient understanding, compliance, and overall health. 5 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, fibrosing interstitial pneumonia of unknown etiology that is characterized by progressive dyspnea, worsening lung function, and poor prognosis.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Accuracy and Reliability of Internet Resources for Information on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Fisher

O’Connor²,

Flexman³

et al. 2016

Am J Respir Crit Care Med

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Accuracy and Reliability of Internet Resources for Information on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Fisher

O’Connor²,

Flexman³

et al. 2016

Am J Respir Crit Care Med

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“…The higher the score is, the easier the readability of a piece of text. Scores of 60-70 should be understandable by those aged 13-15 years old (Grewal et al, 2012). The remaining three tests all output a corresponding US school grade level, a breakdown of which can be found in Table 3, along with reflective age numbers.…”

Section: The Readability Testsmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘To be understood as to understand’: A readability analysis of public library acceptable use policies

Robinson

McMenemy

2019

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs) are documents stating the limitations users must agree to when first accessing information and communications technologies (ICTs) in organisations, such as employers, educational institutions and public libraries. AUPs lay out the parameters of acceptable use expected of someone accessing the ICT services provided, and should state in clear and understandable terms what behaviours will attract sanctions, both legal and in terms of restricting future access. Utilising a range of standard readability tests used to measure how understandable documents are, the paper investigates how readable the AUPs presented to public library patrons in the UK are in practice. Of the 206 AUPs in use across the local government departments who manage public library services 200 were obtained and subjected to a range of readability testing procedures. Four readability tests were used for analysis: the Flesch Reading Ease, the Coleman-Liau Index, the Gunning Fog Index and the SMOG Grade. Results for all four readability tests administered on all AUPs raise significant questions. For the Flesch Reading Ease score only 5.5% of AUPs scored at the standard readability level or higher (60+), and 8% scored at a very high level of difficulty akin to a piece of scientific writing. Similarly, for SMOG, only 7.5% of the 200 AUPs scored at the recommended level of 10. Likewise, very few AUPs scored at levels recommended for a general audience with either the Gunning Fog Index (11.5%) or the Coleman-Liau Index (2%). With such variability in readability, the fitness for purpose of the average AUP as a contract patrons must agree to can be called into question. This paper presents the first ever analysis of the readability of library AUPs in the literature. Recommendations are made as to how public library services may improve this aspect of practice.

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“…However in studies using LIDA and the Flesch Reading Ease score, an observed correlation between the two was seen. [20][21][22] Readability ease is calculated using a mathematical formula considering average sentence length and average number of syllables per word. 23 Inter-observer variation in scoring was minimized by having a single researcher perform all website assessments.…”

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“…Finally, while urologists may not represent all types of doctors in cyberspace, a trend in the literature, across multiple specialties has called for an improvement in the quality of medical websites. [20][21][22]25 …”

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Urologists in cyberspace. A review of the quality of health information from American urologists’ websites using three validated tools

Wong

Yan

Margel

et al. 2013

CUAJ

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Objectives: In this paper, we evaluate a sample of urologists' websites, based in the United States, using three validated instruments: the Health on the Net Foundation code of conduct (HONcode), DISCERN and LIDA tools. We also discuss how medical websites can be improved. Methods: We used the 10 most populous cities in America, identified from the US Census Bureau, and searched using www.google. com to find the first 10 websites using the terms "urologist + city." Each website was scored using the HONcode, DISCERN and LIDA instruments. The median score for each tool was used to dichotomize the cohort and multivariable logistic regression was used to identify independent predictors of higher scores. Results: Of the 100 websites found, 78 were analyzed. There were 18 academic institutions, 43 group and 17 solo practices. A medical website design service had been used by 18 websites. The HONcode badge was seen on 3 websites (4%). Social media was used by 16 websites. Multivariable logistic regression showed predictors of higher scores for each tool. For HONcode, academic centres (OR 6.8, CI 1.2-37.3, p = 0.028) and the use of a medical website design service (OR 17.2, CI 3.8-78.1, p = 0.001) predicted a higher score. With DISCERN, academic centres (OR 23.13, p = 0.002, CI 3.15-169.9 and group practices (OR 7.19, p = 0.022, CI 1.33-38.93) were predictors of higher scores. Finally, with the LIDA tool, there were no predictors of higher scores. Pearson correlation did not show any correlation between the three scores Conclusions: Using 3 validated tools for appraising online health information, we found a wide variation in the quality of urologists' websites in the United States. Increased awareness of standards and available resources, coupled with guidance from health professional regulatory bodies, would improve the quality urological health information on medical websites.

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Quality of vascular surgery Web sites on the Internet

Cited by 37 publications

References 11 publications

Accuracy and Reliability of Internet Resources for Information on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Accuracy and Reliability of Internet Resources for Information on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

‘To be understood as to understand’: A readability analysis of public library acceptable use policies

Urologists in cyberspace. A review of the quality of health information from American urologists’ websites using three validated tools

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