Evaluation of Dengue-Related Health Information on the Internet.

The objective of this study was to examine the quality of dengue-related health information on the Internet. Three raters used the keyword dengue to search the Google, Yahoo!, and Bing search engines during August 2011. The first 20 websites from each search engine were examined for a total of 60 si...

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Publicado en:Perspectives in Health Information Management pp. 1 - 20
Autores principales: Rao, Navya R., Mohapatra, Manaswini, Mishra, Swayamprabha, Joshi, Ashish
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: American Health Information Management Association Summer2012
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          Rao, Navya R.
          Mohapatra, Manaswini
          Mishra, Swayamprabha
          Joshi, Ashish
        affil: Researcher at the Center for Public Health Informatics, Asian Institute of Public Health in Bhuabneswar, India.
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          Consumer Health Information Standards
          Dengue
          Internet
          Web Search Engines
          Quality Assurance
          Questionnaires
          Evaluation Research
          Chi Square Test
          Interrater Reliability
          Analysis of Variance
          Research Instruments
          Summated Rating Scaling
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      ab: The objective of this study was to examine the quality of dengue-related health information on the Internet. Three raters used the keyword dengue to search the Google, Yahoo!, and Bing search engines during August 2011. The first 20 websites from each search engine were examined for a total of 60 sites. Duplicate, nonfunctional, non-English, and nonoperational websites were excluded from the study, resulting in 36 sites for final analysis. The 16-item DISCERN tool was used to evaluate the quality of dengue-related health information on the Internet. Chi-square analysis and analysis of variance were performed to compare the DISCERN scores. Inter-rater reliability analysis showed significant differences in the level of agreement among the three raters. The 36 unique websites were categorized into .com, .edu, .gov, .org, and other sites. The .com sites had the lowest DISCERN scores. Educating consumers on how to find and recognize valid health information on the Internet may lead to better informed decision making.
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