Does the quality, accuracy, and readability of information about lateral epicondylitis on the internet vary with the search term used?

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• 作者：Christopher J. Dy (1)
  Samuel A. Taylor (1)
  Ronak M. Patel (2)
  Moira M. McCarthy (1)
  Timothy R. Roberts (1)
  Aaron Daluiski (1)
  
• 关键词：Internet ; Patient education ; Health literacy ; Lateral epicondylitis ; Tennis elbow ; Online education ; Readability
• 刊名：HAND
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：December 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：7
• 期：4
• 页码：420-425
• 全文大小：158KB
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• 作者单位：Christopher J. Dy (1)
  Samuel A. Taylor (1)
  Ronak M. Patel (2)
  Moira M. McCarthy (1)
  Timothy R. Roberts (1)
  Aaron Daluiski (1)
  
  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, 523 E 72nd St, New York, NY, 10021, USA
  2. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
  

文摘

Background Concern exists over the quality, accuracy, and accessibility of online information about health care conditions. The goal of this study is to evaluate the quality, accuracy, and readability of information available on the internet about lateral epicondylitis. Methods We used three different search terms (“tennis elbow,-“lateral epicondylitis,-and “elbow pain- in three search engines (Google, Bing, and Yahoo) to generate a list of 75 unique websites. Three orthopedic surgeons reviewed the content of each website and assessed the quality and accuracy of information. We assessed each website’s readability using the Flesch–Kincaid method. Statistical comparisons were made using ANOVA with post hoc pairwise comparisons. Results The mean reading grade level was 11.1. None of the sites were under the recommended sixth grade reading level for the general public. Higher quality information was found when using the terms “tennis elbow-and “lateral epicondylitis-compared to “elbow pain-(p-lt;-.001). Specialty society websites had higher quality than all other websites (p-lt;-.001). The information was more accurate if the website was authored by a health care provider when compared to non-health care providers (p--.003). Websites seeking commercial gain and those found after the first five search results had lower quality information. Conclusions Reliable information about lateral epicondylitis is available online, especially from specialty societies. However, the quality and accuracy of information vary significantly with the search term, website author, and order of search results. This leaves less educated patients at a disadvantage, particularly because the information we encountered is above the reading level recommended for the general public.