The poor quality and reliability of information on periacetabular osteotomy on the internet in Japan
Although many patients use the internet to access health-related information, the quality and the reliability of the information is highly inconsistent. Periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) is one of the surgical procedures for hip dysplasia. However, medical information on PAO is limited on the internet....
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author | Takegami, Yasuhiko Seki, Taisuke Amano, Takafumi Higuchi, Yoshitoshi Komatsu, Daigo Nishida, Yoshihiro Ishiguro, Naoki |
author_facet | Takegami, Yasuhiko Seki, Taisuke Amano, Takafumi Higuchi, Yoshitoshi Komatsu, Daigo Nishida, Yoshihiro Ishiguro, Naoki |
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description | Although many patients use the internet to access health-related information, the quality and the reliability of the information is highly inconsistent. Periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) is one of the surgical procedures for hip dysplasia. However, medical information on PAO is limited on the internet. This study aims to evaluate the quality and reliability of information available on PAO on the internet in Japan. A web search was conducted on two search engines for the following terms: “hip osteotomy,” “pelvic osteotomy,” and “osteotomy for hip preservation” in Japanese. In total, we found 120 websites. To determine the quality and reliability of information on each website, we used the Health on the Net Foundation (HON) score, the Brief DISCERN score, and an osteotomy-specific content (OSC) score. After eliminating duplicate websites, we reviewed 49 unique websites. Only three websites (6.1%) had good reliability, as indicated by their HON scores. Twelve websites (24.4%) had good-quality information, as measured by their Brief DISCERN scores. As evaluated by their OSC scores, physician websites were found to be biased toward etiology and surgical indication and did not provide information on the complications of procedures. Non-physician websites were generally insufficient. The information about PAO on the internet is, therefore, unreliable and of poor-quality for Japanese patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-55770232017-09-06 The poor quality and reliability of information on periacetabular osteotomy on the internet in Japan Takegami, Yasuhiko Seki, Taisuke Amano, Takafumi Higuchi, Yoshitoshi Komatsu, Daigo Nishida, Yoshihiro Ishiguro, Naoki Nagoya J Med Sci Original Paper Although many patients use the internet to access health-related information, the quality and the reliability of the information is highly inconsistent. Periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) is one of the surgical procedures for hip dysplasia. However, medical information on PAO is limited on the internet. This study aims to evaluate the quality and reliability of information available on PAO on the internet in Japan. A web search was conducted on two search engines for the following terms: “hip osteotomy,” “pelvic osteotomy,” and “osteotomy for hip preservation” in Japanese. In total, we found 120 websites. To determine the quality and reliability of information on each website, we used the Health on the Net Foundation (HON) score, the Brief DISCERN score, and an osteotomy-specific content (OSC) score. After eliminating duplicate websites, we reviewed 49 unique websites. Only three websites (6.1%) had good reliability, as indicated by their HON scores. Twelve websites (24.4%) had good-quality information, as measured by their Brief DISCERN scores. As evaluated by their OSC scores, physician websites were found to be biased toward etiology and surgical indication and did not provide information on the complications of procedures. Non-physician websites were generally insufficient. The information about PAO on the internet is, therefore, unreliable and of poor-quality for Japanese patients. Nagoya University 2017-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5577023/ /pubmed/28878442 http://dx.doi.org/10.18999/nagjms.79.3.375 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Takegami, Yasuhiko Seki, Taisuke Amano, Takafumi Higuchi, Yoshitoshi Komatsu, Daigo Nishida, Yoshihiro Ishiguro, Naoki The poor quality and reliability of information on periacetabular osteotomy on the internet in Japan |
title | The poor quality and reliability of information on periacetabular osteotomy on the internet in Japan |
title_full | The poor quality and reliability of information on periacetabular osteotomy on the internet in Japan |
title_fullStr | The poor quality and reliability of information on periacetabular osteotomy on the internet in Japan |
title_full_unstemmed | The poor quality and reliability of information on periacetabular osteotomy on the internet in Japan |
title_short | The poor quality and reliability of information on periacetabular osteotomy on the internet in Japan |
title_sort | poor quality and reliability of information on periacetabular osteotomy on the internet in japan |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5577023/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28878442 http://dx.doi.org/10.18999/nagjms.79.3.375 |
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