Döring Nicola, Lehmann Stephan, Schumann-Doermer Claudia
Institut für Medien und Kommunikationswissenschaft (IfMK), Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ehrenbergstraße 29, 98693, Ilmenau, Deutschland.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für psychosomatische Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe (DGPFG), Dresden, Deutschland.
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2022 Jun;65(6):706-717. doi: 10.1007/s00103-022-03537-8. Epub 2022 Apr 26.
Adolescents and adults today often obtain information about contraception from the Internet, especially from the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. This is because Google searches usually return Wikipedia entries as top hits.
Against this background, the aim of the current study is to systematically analyze for the first time the content and quality of Wikipedia articles on contraceptive methods. Five central quality dimensions are examined: the degree of correctness (research question RQ1), completeness (RQ2), neutrality (RQ3), comprehensibility (RQ4), and currency (RQ5) of the contraceptive information - and on this basis the overall quality of the articles (RQ6).
A sample of all German-language Wikipedia articles on all contraceptive methods was formed (N = 25). These articles were analyzed by three independent, trained coders using a codebook that was developed based on the current state of the research and tested for reliability. Data analysis was performed using SPSS. The study is preregistered and all data, materials, and analysis scripts are publicly available.
The 25 Wikipedia articles on contraceptive methods were found to vary widely in content quality. While they showed good quality on average in terms of correctness (RQ1) and neutrality (RQ3), they scored mediocre in terms of completeness (RQ2), comprehensibility (RQ4), and currency (RQ5), resulting in moderate overall quality (RQ6).
More research as well as practice measures are needed to further assess and improve the quality of contraceptive information on Wikipedia and in other social media in a more targeted way.
如今的青少年和成年人常常从互联网获取避孕信息，尤其是在线百科全书维基百科。这是因为谷歌搜索通常会将维基百科条目列为热门搜索结果。
在此背景下，本研究旨在首次系统分析维基百科上关于避孕方法文章的内容和质量。考察五个核心质量维度：避孕信息的正确性程度（研究问题RQ1）、完整性（RQ2）、中立性（RQ3）、可理解性（RQ4）和时效性（RQ5），并在此基础上评估文章的整体质量（RQ6）。
选取了维基百科上所有德语版关于避孕方法的文章作为样本（N = 25）。由三位经过培训的独立编码员使用基于当前研究状况开发并经过可靠性测试的编码手册对这些文章进行分析。使用SPSS进行数据分析。该研究已预先注册，所有数据、材料和分析脚本均公开可用。
发现维基百科上这25篇关于避孕方法的文章在内容质量上差异很大。虽然它们在正确性（RQ1）和中立性（RQ3）方面平均表现良好，但在完整性（RQ2）、可理解性（RQ4）和时效性（RQ5）方面得分中等，导致整体质量适中（RQ6）。
需要更多的研究以及实践措施，以更有针对性地进一步评估和提高维基百科及其他社交媒体上避孕信息的质量。
