Quality and readability of English-language internet information for aphasia.
Purpose: Little is known about the quality and readability of treatment information in specific neurogenic disorders, such as aphasia. The purpose of this study was to assess quality and readability of English-language Internet information available for aphasia treatment. Method: Forty-three aphasia...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=134940121&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 134940121 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17549507 8NBH jtl: International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology issn: 17549507 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Feb2019 vid: 21 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 134940121 134940121 134940121 10.1080/17549507.2017.1362034 134940121 ppf: 1 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Quality and readability of English-language internet information for aphasia. aug: au: Azios, Jamie H. Bellon-Harn, Monica Dockens, Ashley L. Manchaiah, Vinaya affil: Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, USA sug: subj: Aphasia Health Information Standards Internet Readability Evaluation Language Human World Wide Web Quality Assessment Methods Health Literacy Data Analysis Software Chi Square Test T-Tests Pearson's Correlation Coefficient Post Hoc Analysis Descriptive Statistics ab: Purpose: Little is known about the quality and readability of treatment information in specific neurogenic disorders, such as aphasia. The purpose of this study was to assess quality and readability of English-language Internet information available for aphasia treatment. Method: Forty-three aphasia treatment websites were aggregated using five different country-specific search engines. Websites were then analysed using quality and readability assessments. Statistical calculations were employed to examine website ratings, differences between website origin and quality and readability scores, and correlations between readability instruments. Result: Websites exhibited low quality with few websites obtaining Health On the Net (HON) certification or clear, thorough information as measured by the DISCERN. Regardless of website origin, readability scores were also poor. Approximate educational levels required to comprehend information on aphasia treatment websites ranged from 13 to 16 years of education. Significant differences were found between website origin and readability measures with higher levels of education required to understand information on websites of non-profit organisations. Conclusion: Current aphasia treatment websites were found to exhibit low levels of quality and readability, creating potential accessibility problems for people with aphasia and significant others. Websites including treatment information for aphasia must be improved in order to increase greater information accessibility. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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