Chan David S Y, Willicombe Anita, Reid Thomas D, Beaton Ceri, Arnold David, Ward James, Davies I Llion, Lewis Wyn G
Department of Upper GI Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK, CF14 4XW.
J Cancer Educ. 2012 Dec;27(4):676-9. doi: 10.1007/s13187-012-0408-2.
Internet-derived health care information is increasingly accessed by patients, yet its quality and accuracy is variable and unregulated. The aim of this study was to assess the information available regarding common gastrointestinal cancers via three internet search engines (Google, Yahoo and Bing). The top 30 websites for each of the terms: oesophageal, gastric, pancreatic, colon and rectal cancer were evaluated (University of Michigan Consumer Health Website Checklist) and scored [-80 (poor) to 90 (excellent)]. The median score was 53 (-7 to 81) and was significantly higher for oesophageal (61) and pancreatic (65) cancer websites, compared with gastric (49), colon (48) and rectal cancer (50) (p = 0.014). Median scores related to charitable organisations were significantly better than academic, commercial, news agency, care provider, layperson and medical information websites collectively (79 vs. 42, p < 0.0001). Overall quality of internet-derived gastrointestinal cancer information remains poor and patients and clinicians should be aware.
患者越来越多地获取源自互联网的医疗保健信息，但其质量和准确性参差不齐且缺乏监管。本研究的目的是通过三个互联网搜索引擎（谷歌、雅虎和必应）评估有关常见胃肠道癌症的可用信息。对以下每个术语的前30个网站进行了评估：食管癌、胃癌、胰腺癌、结肠癌和直肠癌（密歇根大学消费者健康网站检查表）并打分[-80（差）至90（优）]。中位数得分为53（-7至81），食管癌（61）和胰腺癌（65）网站的得分显著高于胃癌（49）、结肠癌（48）和直肠癌（50）网站（p = 0.014）。与慈善组织相关的中位数得分明显优于学术、商业、新闻机构、医疗服务提供者、外行和医学信息网站的总体得分（79对42，p < 0.0001）。源自互联网的胃肠道癌症信息的总体质量仍然很差，患者和临床医生应该有所了解。
