Evaluation of quality and readability of internet information on voice disorders.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the readability and quality of Internet information related to vocal health, voice disorders and voice therapy. This is a cross-sectional study. Eighty-two websites were included. Websites were then analyzed; their origin (clinic/hospital, non-profit, governm...
| Publicado en: | Public Health (Elsevier) Vol. 226; pp. 1 - 8 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Jan2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=174758093&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 174758093 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00333506 18J0 jtl: Public Health (Elsevier) issn: 00333506 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2024 vid: 226 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 174758093 174758093 174758093 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.10.020 174758093 ppf: 1 ppct: 7 formats: tig: atl: Evaluation of quality and readability of internet information on voice disorders. aug: au: Demirci, A.N. İncebay, Ö. Köse, A. affil: Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey sug: subj: Quality Assessment Evaluation Readability Evaluation Health Information Education Internet-Based Intervention Voice Quality Voice Disorders Voice Therapy Human Descriptive Statistics Cross Sectional Studies World Wide Web Certification Models, Statistical Organizations, Nonprofit Government Agencies Health Literacy Health Facilities Public Health ab: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the readability and quality of Internet information related to vocal health, voice disorders and voice therapy. This is a cross-sectional study. Eighty-two websites were included. Websites were then analyzed; their origin (clinic/hospital, non-profit, government), quality (Health On the Net [HON] certification and DISCERN scores) and readability (Ateşman readability formula and Bezirci-Yılmaz new readability formula) were assessed. Statistical analysis was used to examine differences between website origin and quality and readability scores and correlations between readability instruments. Of the 82 websites, 93% were of private clinic/hospital, 6% were of non-profit organisation and 1% were of government. None of the 82 websites were HON certification, and the mean score of the item determining the general quality measure in DISCERN was 1.83 in a five-point scale. The mean of Ateşman readability formula value was calculated as 50.46 (±8.16). This value is defined as 'moderately hard' according to the readability scale. The average of Bezirci-Yılmaz new readability formula value is 13.85 (±3.48). This value is defined as 13th and 14th grade. The quality of Internet-based health information about the voice is generally inadequate, and the sites examined in this study may be limited due to high readability levels. This may be a problem in people with poor literacy skills. For this reason, it is very important for speech and language therapists and other health professionals to evaluate and monitor the quality and readability of Internet-based information. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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