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Erschienen in: World Journal of Urology 6/2018

12.02.2018 | Original Article

Assessment of readability, quality and popularity of online information on ureteral stents

verfasst von: Sarah Mozafarpour, Briony Norris, James Borin, Brian H. Eisner

Erschienen in: World Journal of Urology | Ausgabe 6/2018

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Abstract

Objective

To evaluate the quality and readability of online information on ureteral stents.

Methods

Google.com was queried using the search terms “ureteric stent”, “ureteral stent”, “double J stent” and, “Kidney stent” derived from Google AdWords. Website popularity was determined using Google Rank and the Alexa tool. Website quality assessment was performed using the following criteria: Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) benchmarks, Health on the Net (HON) criteria, and a customized DISCERN questionnaire. The customized DISCERN questionnaire was developed by combining the short validated DISCERN questionnaire with additional stent-specific items including definition, placement, complications, limitations, removal and “when to seek help”. Scores related to stent items were considered as the “stent score” (SS). Readability was evaluated using five readability tests.

Results

Thirty-two websites were included. The mean customized DISCERN score and “stent score” were 27.1 ± 7.1 (maximum possible score = 59) and 14.6 ± 3.8 (maximum possible score = 24), respectively. A minority of websites adequately addressed “stent removal” and “when to seek medical attention”. Only two websites (6.3%) had HON certification (drugs.com, radiologyinfo.org) and only one website (3.3%) met all JAMA criteria (bradyurology.blogspot.com). Readability level was higher than the American Medical Association recommendation of sixth-grade level for more than 75% of the websites. There was no correlation between Google rank, Alexa rank, and the quality scores (P > 0.05).

Discussion

Among the 32 most popular websites on the topic of ureteral stents, online information was highly variable. The readability of many of the websites was far higher than standard recommendations and the online information was questionable in many cases. These findings suggest a need for improved online resources in order to better educate patients about ureteral stents and also should inform physicians that popular websites may have incomplete information.
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Metadaten
Titel
Assessment of readability, quality and popularity of online information on ureteral stents
verfasst von
Sarah Mozafarpour
Briony Norris
James Borin
Brian H. Eisner
Publikationsdatum
12.02.2018
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
World Journal of Urology / Ausgabe 6/2018
Print ISSN: 0724-4983
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-8726
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-018-2179-9

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