Leatherby Libraries, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA.
Wilson Library, University of La Verne, California, USA.
Med Ref Serv Q. 2021 Oct-Dec;40(4):396-407. doi: 10.1080/02763869.2021.1987799.
Online health misinformation is a growing problem, and health information professionals and consumers would benefit from an evaluation of health websites for reliability and trustworthiness. Terms from the Google COVID-19 Search Trends dataset were searched on Google to determine the most frequently appearing consumer health information websites. The quality of the resulting top five websites was evaluated. The top five websites that appeared most frequently were WebMD, Mayo Clinic, Healthline, MedlinePlus, and Medical News Today, respectively. All websites, except Medline Plus, received HONcode certification. Based on DISCERN and CRAAP scores, MedlinePlus was found to be the most reliable health website.
网络健康谣言是一个日益严重的问题,健康信息专业人员和消费者将受益于对健康网站的可靠性和可信度进行评估。使用谷歌 COVID-19 搜索趋势数据集的术语在谷歌上进行搜索,以确定最常出现的消费者健康信息网站。评估了由此产生的前五个网站的质量。出现频率最高的前五个网站分别是 WebMD、梅奥诊所、Healthline、MedlinePlus 和 Medical News Today。除了 MedlinePlus,所有网站都获得了 HONcode 认证。根据 DISCERN 和 CRAAP 评分,MedlinePlus 被认为是最可靠的健康网站。