NI Publications
Assessment of Quality and Readability of Osteoporosis related health information on the Internet using DISCERN and Flesch-Kincaid Tools
The study assessed the quality and readability of health information on the internet on Osteoporosis. Keywords used in the Google search engine were “Osteoporosis”, “Osteoporosis causes”, “Osteoporosis diagnosis”, “Osteoporosis prevention”, and “Osteoporosis management”. Validated tools DISCERN and Flesch-Kincaid was used to assess the quality and readability. In total 41 unique websites were evaluated. The mean DISCERN score (out of 80) was 52.35±6.90 (Good quality). The average DISCERN score was the highest for the .gov websites. Only one website had an excellent quality of information. Overall, the information available on the internet was difficult to read with a readability grade above seventh grade. The readability of the websites should not go above the recommended grade level.
Quality and readability of online-based consumer health information about Metabolic Syndrome using DISCERN and Flesch-Kincaid Tools: An Evaluation Study
The Objective of our study was to evaluate the quality and readability of health information on the internet about Mets. The websites were gathered using keywords “Metabolic syndrome”, “Metabolic syndrome causes”, “Metabolic syndrome diagnosis”, “Metabolic syndrome prevention”, and “Metabolic syndrome management” on the search engine Google. Twenty-six unique websites were evaluated by five raters using validated tools. THE mean DISCERN score (out of 80) for all websites was 56.51 ± 7.50 suggesting ‘good’ quality. Websites with the .gov extension had the highest average DISCERN Score (62.5 ± 0.42). Out of the selected websites, nine websites had excellent quality. The mean FRES was 44.80 ± 11.50 and the mean FKGL was 10.90 ±2.17. The information available on the internet websites was difficult to read and can be comprehended by people achieving approximately US Grade 10.
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