Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Bulancak State Hospital, Giresun, Turkey.
Rheumatol Int. 2022 Nov;42(11):1965-1972. doi: 10.1007/s00296-022-05165-6. Epub 2022 Jun 28.
Plantar fasciitis and calcaneal spur are common causes of heel pain in the community. People use the Internet to obtain medical information about diseases. We reviewed Internet information sources on plantar fasciitis and calcaneal spur for quality and readability. The first 50 websites for each search term ("calcaneal spur", "heel spur", and "plantar fasciitis") were scanned on www.google.com . Six different valid tools were used for information quality and readability assessment. We searched for HONCode (Health On the Net Foundation Code) stamps on included websites. The total mean points for DISCERN were 50.52 ± 14.62, and the total mean points for JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) were 2.42 ± 1.26. In total, 25.72% of 97 websites had HONCode stamps. The average scores for the readability indicators were calculated to be Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL): 7.27 ± 1.71, Gunning Fog: 8.46 ± 2.17, Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG): 6.89 ± 1.24, and Coleman Liau Index: 15.56 ± 1.85. In our study, when the website resources were examined, there were profit websites the most and website quality and readability were moderate level. A significant proportion of the websites have a financial bias and provide low-quality information. A mechanism for monitoring the quality and readability of online information must be established and managed systematically.
足底筋膜炎和跟骨骨刺是社区中常见的足跟痛原因。人们使用互联网获取有关疾病的医学信息。我们审查了互联网上关于足底筋膜炎和跟骨骨刺的信息来源，以评估其质量和可读性。对于每个搜索词（“跟骨骨刺”、“足跟骨刺”和“足底筋膜炎”），我们在 www.google.com 上扫描了前 50 个网站。使用六种不同的有效工具评估信息质量和可读性。我们在包含的网站上搜索 HONCode（健康在线基金会代码）印章。DISCERN 的总平均得分为 50.52±14.62，JAMA（美国医学会杂志）的总平均得分为 2.42±1.26。总共有 97 个网站中的 25.72% 有 HONCode 印章。计算了可读性指标的平均得分，结果为 Flesch-Kincaid 年级水平（FKGL）：7.27±1.71，Gunning Fog：8.46±2.17，简单测量杂乱度（SMOG）：6.89±1.24，Coleman Liau 指数：15.56±1.85。在我们的研究中，当检查网站资源时，盈利网站最多，网站质量和可读性处于中等水平。相当一部分网站存在财务偏见，并提供低质量的信息。必须建立和系统地管理一种监测在线信息质量和可读性的机制。
