Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Esthetic and Hand Surgery, AGAPLESION Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Department of Surgery and Traumatology, GZO Spital Wetzikon AG, Wetzikon, Switzerland; Departments of.
Dermatol Surg. 2021 Mar 1;47(3):e86-e90. doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000002752.
Patients interested in aesthetic surgery actively search the Internet, a source that contains important but biased information.
The aim of this study was to assess the quality of patient information on autologous fat grafting available on the Internet.
The quantitative and qualitative assessment of websites was based on a modified Ensuring Quality Information for Patients tool (EQIP-36 items). Websites were identified through the most popular search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask, and AOL).
After duplicate and irrelevant sources were excluded, 608 remaining websites were assessed. Only 164 websites addressed >17 of the 36 items. Scores tended to be higher for academic centers and professional societies than for websites developed by private practitioners. The EQIP score achieved by websites ranged between 0 to 28, with a median value of 14 points.
The quality of patient information on lipofilling available on the Internet is very poor, and research on existing websites reveals substantial shortcomings. There is an urgent need for sources offering superior quality and unbiased information on lipofilling for patients who intend to undergo this procedure.
对美容手术感兴趣的患者会积极上网搜索，而互联网上的信息虽然内容重要，但却存在偏差。
本研究旨在评估互联网上关于自体脂肪移植的患者信息质量。
通过改良后的 Ensuring Quality Information for Patients 工具（EQIP-36 项）对网站进行定量和定性评估。通过最受欢迎的搜索引擎（谷歌、雅虎、必应、Ask、美国在线）来识别网站。
在排除重复和不相关的来源后，评估了 608 个剩余网站。只有 164 个网站涵盖了 36 项中的>17 项。学术中心和专业协会的网站得分往往高于私人从业者开发的网站。网站的 EQIP 评分范围为 0 至 28，中位数为 14 分。
互联网上关于脂肪填充的患者信息质量非常差，对现有网站的研究显示出了明显的缺陷。对于打算接受这种手术的患者来说，迫切需要提供优质且无偏见的关于脂肪填充信息的来源。
