Camacho-Alonso Fabio, Lacal-Luján José
DDS, PhD. Department of Oral Surgery, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
J Clin Exp Dent. 2021 Mar 1;13(3):e250-e258. doi: 10.4317/jced.57573. eCollection 2021 Mar.
To date, the quality of the Internet information regarding the control and management of 2019-nCov virus transmission in dental clinics has not been evaluated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of Internet information about the control of 2019-nCov transmission in dental practice.
Internet websites were identified daily using two search engines: Google and Yahoo! during the week from 20-06-2020 to 26-06-2020, applying the search term "2019-nCov transmission control in dental practice." The first 100 consecutive sites identified in each search were visited and classified. The quality of information contained in each website was analyzed using the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) benchmarks, whether the website had been granted the Health on the Net Foundation Code of Conduct (HONcode), and a new tool for evaluating the quality of Internet websites providing information relating to 2019-nCov transmission control in dental practice, which awards a score of 0-40 points (8-13: poor; 14-26: medium; and 27-40 high).
After the exclusion of duplicates, non-functioning websites, books/journals, irrelevant websites, or websites not in English, a total of 30 websites were evaluated. Only 6.66% fulfilled all four JAMA benchmarks, none had been granted the HONcode, and only 10% presented high quality information.
The quality of Internet information about 2019-nCov transmission control in dental practice is poor. This study points to the need to improve the quality of information available on the Internet relating to 2019-nCov transmission control in dental practice. 2019-nCov, COVID-19, transmission control in dental practice, Internet, quality of information.
迄今为止，尚未对牙科诊所中2019 - nCov病毒传播的控制与管理方面的互联网信息质量进行评估。本研究的目的是评估牙科实践中有关2019 - nCov传播控制的互联网信息质量。
在2020年6月20日至26日这一周内，每天使用谷歌和雅虎这两个搜索引擎，搜索词为“牙科实践中2019 - nCov传播控制”，以识别互联网网站。访问并分类每个搜索中连续出现的前100个网站。使用美国医学会杂志（JAMA）基准分析每个网站所包含信息的质量，该网站是否已获得网络健康基金会行为准则（HONcode），以及一种用于评估提供牙科实践中2019 - nCov传播控制相关信息的互联网网站质量的新工具，该工具给出0 - 40分的评分（8 - 13分：差；14 - 26分：中等；27 - 40分：高）。
在排除重复网站、无法正常运行的网站、书籍/期刊、不相关网站或非英文网站后，共评估了30个网站。只有6.66%的网站符合所有四项JAMA基准，没有网站获得HONcode，只有10%的网站呈现高质量信息。
牙科实践中有关2019 - nCov传播控制的互联网信息质量较差。本研究指出需要提高互联网上与牙科实践中2019 - nCov传播控制相关的可用信息质量。2019 - nCov、COVID - 19、牙科实践中的传播控制、互联网、信息质量。
