Chang Dwayne T S, Abouassaly Robert, Lawrentschuk Nathan
Department of Urology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
Urology Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Adv Urol. 2016;2016:8243095. doi: 10.1155/2016/8243095. Epub 2016 Dec 4.
. To compare the quality of health information on the Internet for keywords related to urolithiasis, to assess for difference in information quality across four main Western languages, and to compare the source of sponsorship in these websites. . Health On the Net (HON) Foundation principles were utilised to determine quality information. Fifteen keywords related to urolithiasis were searched on the Google search engine. The first 150 websites were assessed against the HON principles and the source of sponsorship determined. . A total of 8986 websites were analysed. A proportion of HON-accredited websites for individual search terms range between 2.5% and 12.0%. The first 50 websites were more likely to be HON-positive compared to websites 51-100 and 101-150. French websites searched were more likely to be HON-positive whereas German websites were less likely to be HON-positive than English websites. There was no statistically significant difference between the rate of HON-positive English and Spanish websites. The three main website sponsors were from government/educational sources (40.2%), followed by commercial (29.9%) and physician/surgeon sources (18.6%). . Health information on most urolithiasis websites was not validated. Nearly one-third of websites in this study have commercial sponsorship. Doctors should recognise the need for more reliable health websites for their patients.
为比较互联网上与尿石症相关关键词的健康信息质量，评估四种主要西方语言在信息质量上的差异，并比较这些网站的赞助来源。采用健康在线（HON）基金会原则来确定高质量信息。在谷歌搜索引擎上搜索了15个与尿石症相关的关键词。根据HON原则对前150个网站进行评估，并确定赞助来源。共分析了8986个网站。各个搜索词的HON认证网站比例在2.5%至12.0%之间。与第51 - 100个和第101 - 150个网站相比，前50个网站更有可能是HON认证的。搜索到的法语网站更有可能是HON认证的，而德语网站比英语网站更不太可能是HON认证的。HON认证的英语和西班牙语网站的比例没有统计学上的显著差异。三个主要的网站赞助来源分别是政府/教育机构（40.2%），其次是商业机构（29.9%）和内科医生/外科医生（18.6%）。大多数尿石症网站上的健康信息未经证实。本研究中近三分之一的网站有商业赞助。医生应该认识到需要为他们的患者提供更可靠的健康网站。
