Huang Jack Y J, Discepola Federico, Al-Fozan Haya, Tulandi Togas
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Fertil Steril. 2005 Mar;83(3):538-44. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.08.036.
To evaluate the overall quality of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART)-affiliated fertility clinic websites, according to American Medical Association (AMA) Internet health information guidelines.
Cross-sectional evaluation.
Two hundred sixty-six websites drawn from the SART directory and the World Wide Web.
INTERVENTION(S): Three objective scoring scales (ownership, content, and navigation) adapted from AMA guidelines.
Seven objective criteria for ownership, 8 for content, and 11 for website navigation.
RESULT(S): Two thirds of SART-affiliated fertility clinics have functional websites. Of the 236 sites evaluated, 58 belong to hospital centers. Overall, the scores for the three scoring scales were low. Compared with the websites of non-hospital clinics, those of hospital centers were more likely to include information about site ownership and affiliations (89.7% vs. 60.7%) and patient privacy (34.5% vs. 20.8%). Also, contents of hospital center websites were significantly easier to distinguish from advertisements (70.7% vs. 47.7%), and reference sources for specific contents were easier to identify (27.6% vs. 8.4%). Hospital center websites were more likely to indicate affiliations and financial disclosures of authors (25.9% vs. 10.7%), to feature a site map (25.9% vs. 12.3%), and to have a search function (31.0% vs. 5.6%).
CONCLUSION(S): Websites of SART-affiliated clinics fail to meet most of the AMA health information guidelines. The quality of the hospital centers' websites is better than that of private clinics.
根据美国医学协会（AMA）的互联网健康信息指南，评估辅助生殖技术协会（SART）下属生育诊所网站的整体质量。
横断面评估。
从SART名录和万维网上选取的266个网站。
采用AMA指南改编的三个客观评分量表（所有权、内容和导航）。
所有权方面的七个客观标准、内容方面的八个客观标准以及网站导航方面的十一个客观标准。
三分之二的SART下属生育诊所拥有可正常运行的网站。在评估的236个网站中，58个属于医院中心。总体而言，三个评分量表的得分都很低。与非医院诊所的网站相比，医院中心的网站更有可能包含有关网站所有权和附属机构的信息（89.7%对60.7%）以及患者隐私信息（34.5%对20.8%）。此外，医院中心网站的内容明显更易于与广告区分开来（70.7%对47.7%），特定内容的参考来源也更易于识别（27.6%对8.4%）。医院中心网站更有可能标明作者的附属机构和财务披露情况（25.9%对10.7%），设有网站地图（25.9%对12.3%），并且具备搜索功能（31.0%对5.6%）。
SART下属诊所的网站未能达到AMA健康信息指南的大多数要求。医院中心网站的质量优于私人诊所。
