Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dokuz Eylul University, İzmir.
Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Subdivision of Critical Care Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, İzmir.
Reumatismo. 2022 Sep 13;74(2). doi: 10.4081/reumatismo.2022.1495.
There are concerns over the reliability and comprehensibility of health-related information on the internet. The goal of our research was to analyze the readability, reliability, and quality of information obtained from websites associated with Behçet's disease (BD). On September 20, 2021, the term BD was used to perform a search on Google, and 100 eligible websites were identified. The Flesch Reading Ease Score (FRES), Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL), and Gunning Fog (GFOG) were used to evaluate the readability of the website. The JAMA score was used to assess the websites' reliability, the DISCERN score and the Health on the Net Foundation code of conduct (HONcode) were used to assess quality, and Alexa was used to analyze their popularity. Sections of the text were evaluated, and the results revealed that the mean FRES was 35.49±14.42 (difficult) and the mean GFOG was 14.93±3.13 years (very difficult). According to the JAMA scores, 36% of the websites had a high reliability rating and 20% adhered to the HONcode. The readability was found to significantly differ from the reliability of the websites (p<0.05). Moreover, websites with scientific content were found to have higher readability and reliability (p<0.05). The readability of BD-related information on the Internet was found to be considerably higher than that recommended by the National Health Institute's Grade 6, with moderate reliability and good quality. We believe that online information should have some level of readability and must have reliable content that is appropriate to educate the public, particularly for websites that provide with patient education material.
人们对互联网上与健康相关信息的可靠性和可理解性存在担忧。我们的研究目的是分析与 Behçet 病（BD）相关的网站所获取信息的可读性、可靠性和质量。2021 年 9 月 20 日，使用 BD 一词在 Google 上进行搜索，确定了 100 个符合条件的网站。使用 Flesch 阅读容易度评分（FRES）、Flesch-Kincaid 年级水平（FKGL）和 Gunning Fog（GFOG）评估网站的可读性。使用 JAMA 评分评估网站的可靠性，使用 DISCERN 评分和健康互联网基金会行为准则（HONcode）评估质量，并使用 Alexa 分析其受欢迎程度。评估了文本的各个部分，结果显示，平均 FRES 为 35.49±14.42（困难），平均 GFOG 为 14.93±3.13 岁（非常困难）。根据 JAMA 评分，36%的网站具有高可靠性评级，20%符合 HONcode。网站的可读性与可靠性存在显著差异（p<0.05）。此外，具有科学内容的网站具有更高的可读性和可靠性（p<0.05）。研究发现，互联网上与 BD 相关的信息的可读性明显高于美国国立卫生研究院 6 级推荐水平，具有中等可靠性和良好的质量。我们认为，在线信息应该具有一定的可读性，并且必须具有可靠的内容，以适当地教育公众，特别是对于提供患者教育材料的网站。
