Quality of Patient Information on Allergic Rhinitis in Children on the Internet.
Highlights: What are the main findings? • The majority (82%) of websites providing information on allergic rhinitis in children are of low quality, with a median EQIP score of 16.5/34. • Academic and industry-affiliated websites scored significantly higher than practitioner-developed sites, many of...
| Publicado en: | Children Vol. 12; no. 11; pp. 1432 - 1443 |
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| Formato: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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MDPI
Nov2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=189652465&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 189652465 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 22279067 LW6K jtl: Children issn: 22279067 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2025 vid: 12 iid: 11 pid: 97109 pub: MDPI artinfo: ui: 189652465 189652465 189652465 10.3390/children12111432 189652465 ppf: 1432 ppct: 11 formats: tig: atl: Quality of Patient Information on Allergic Rhinitis in Children on the Internet. aug: au: Kitsos, Nikolaos Michoula, Aspasia Grivea, Ioanna affil: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, 41500 Larissa, Greece sug: subj: Rhinitis In Infancy and Childhood Parents Psychosocial Factors Internet Searching Health Information World Wide Web Evaluation Human Child Systematic Review PubMed Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Chi Square Test Fisher's Exact Test Analysis of Variance Child: 6-12 years ab: Highlights: What are the main findings? • The majority (82%) of websites providing information on allergic rhinitis in children are of low quality, with a median EQIP score of 16.5/34. • Academic and industry-affiliated websites scored significantly higher than practitioner-developed sites, many of which lacked essential content and transparency, including quality-of-life information. What is the implication of the main finding? • Families seeking online information about pediatric allergic rhinitis are often exposed to incomplete or unreliable content, which may affect disease understanding, diagnosis, and management. • There is an urgent need for standardized, evidence-based, and patient-centered online resources, ideally developed collaboratively by academic institutions, healthcare professionals, and patient organizations. Background: The vast majority of patients, considering information for allergic conditions, use the Internet as a source of health information. The aim of our study is to assess the quality of patient information on allergic rhinitis available on the internet. Methods: Three hundred Websites, found through the most recognizable search engines, were evaluated using the modified Ensuring Quality Information for Patients (EQIP) instrument. Results: Eighty-five websites were assessed after the exclusion of duplicates and Websites in languages other than English. Websites that scored higher than 21 (over the 75th percentile) were categorized as high-score sites. Websites that were developed by health professionals tended to have a higher score. The EQIP score of the websites ranged between 5 and 26 out of the total of 34 points, with a median value of 16.5 points. Conclusions: The quality of patient information on allergic rhinitis on the Internet is inferior, and the existing Websites present insufficient information. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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