Ferrell Matthew, Ferrell Sydney, Ottwell Ryan, Johnson Jay, Vassar Matt
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Office of Medical Student Research, Tulsa, OK, United States.
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Office of Medical Student Research, Tulsa, OK, United States.
Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2021 Apr;49:102736. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.102736. Epub 2021 Jan 4.
Superlatives are exaggerative terms that may not accurately portray a treatment's effectiveness, safety, or availability.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of superlatives in news articles describing multiple sclerosis treatments.
We searched Google News for 11 prespecified superlative terms describing multiple sclerosis therapies in online news articles.
We found that news articles commonly describe non-FDA approved multiple sclerosis therapies with superlative terms without providing clinical evidence or attribution. Additionally, no articles were published on a HONcode certified webpage.
It is important that healthcare professionals are aware of medical misinformation presented to the public.
最高级词汇是夸张性用语，可能无法准确描述一种治疗方法的有效性、安全性或可及性。
本研究的目的是评估最高级词汇在描述多发性硬化症治疗的新闻文章中的使用情况。
我们在谷歌新闻中搜索了11个预先指定的用于在线新闻文章中描述多发性硬化症治疗的最高级词汇。
我们发现新闻文章通常使用最高级词汇来描述未经美国食品药品监督管理局批准的多发性硬化症治疗方法，却未提供临床证据或出处。此外，没有文章发表在健康在线认证网页上。
医疗保健专业人员意识到向公众传播的医学错误信息非常重要。
