Evaluation of the Quality of Information Available on the Internet Regarding Chronic Ankle Instability
<i>Background and objectives</i>: Most Koreans obtain medical information from the Internet. Despite the vast amount of information available, there is a possibility that patients acquire false information or are dissatisfied. Chronic ankle instability (CAI) is one of the most common spo...
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| author | Sung-Joon Yoon Jun-Bum Kim Ki-Jin Jung Hee-Jun Chang Yong-Cheol Hong Chang-Hwa Hong Byung-Ryul Lee Eui-Dong Yeo Hong-Seop Lee Sung-Hun Won Jae-Young Ji Dhong-Won Lee Woo-Jong Kim |
| author_facet | Sung-Joon Yoon Jun-Bum Kim Ki-Jin Jung Hee-Jun Chang Yong-Cheol Hong Chang-Hwa Hong Byung-Ryul Lee Eui-Dong Yeo Hong-Seop Lee Sung-Hun Won Jae-Young Ji Dhong-Won Lee Woo-Jong Kim |
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| description | <i>Background and objectives</i>: Most Koreans obtain medical information from the Internet. Despite the vast amount of information available, there is a possibility that patients acquire false information or are dissatisfied. Chronic ankle instability (CAI) is one of the most common sports injuries that develops after an ankle sprain. Although the information available on the Internet related to CAI has been evaluated in other countries, such studies have not been conducted in Korea. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: The key term “chronic ankle instability” was searched on the three most commonly used search engines in Korea. The top 150 website results were classified into university hospital, private hospital, commercial, non-commercial, and unspecified websites by a single investigator. The websites were rated according to the quality of information using the DISCERN instrument, accuracy score, and exhaustivity score. <i>Results</i>: Of the 150 websites, 96 were included in the analysis. University and private hospital websites had significantly higher DISCERN, accuracy, and exhaustivity scores compared to the other websites. <i>Conclusions</i>: Accurate medical information is essential for improving patient satisfaction and treatment outcomes. The quality of websites should be improved to provide high-quality medical information to patients, which can be facilitated by doctors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c3ea62c06ac741d6b4e73b8333487bb12023-11-24T01:09:00ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442022-09-015810131510.3390/medicina58101315Evaluation of the Quality of Information Available on the Internet Regarding Chronic Ankle InstabilitySung-Joon Yoon0Jun-Bum Kim1Ki-Jin Jung2Hee-Jun Chang3Yong-Cheol Hong4Chang-Hwa Hong5Byung-Ryul Lee6Eui-Dong Yeo7Hong-Seop Lee8Sung-Hun Won9Jae-Young Ji10Dhong-Won Lee11Woo-Jong Kim12Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Cheonan, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongam-gu, Cheonan 31151, KoreaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Cheonan, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongam-gu, Cheonan 31151, KoreaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Cheonan, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongam-gu, Cheonan 31151, KoreaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Cheonan, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongam-gu, Cheonan 31151, KoreaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Cheonan, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongam-gu, Cheonan 31151, KoreaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Cheonan, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongam-gu, Cheonan 31151, KoreaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Cheonan, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongam-gu, Cheonan 31151, KoreaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Veterans Health Service Medical Center, Seoul 05368, KoreaDepartment of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, 68 Hangeulbiseok-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01830, KoreaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul, 59 Daesagwan-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 04401, KoreaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Cheonan, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongam-gu, Cheonan 31151, KoreaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, 120-1 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05030, KoreaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Cheonan, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongam-gu, Cheonan 31151, Korea<i>Background and objectives</i>: Most Koreans obtain medical information from the Internet. Despite the vast amount of information available, there is a possibility that patients acquire false information or are dissatisfied. Chronic ankle instability (CAI) is one of the most common sports injuries that develops after an ankle sprain. Although the information available on the Internet related to CAI has been evaluated in other countries, such studies have not been conducted in Korea. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: The key term “chronic ankle instability” was searched on the three most commonly used search engines in Korea. The top 150 website results were classified into university hospital, private hospital, commercial, non-commercial, and unspecified websites by a single investigator. The websites were rated according to the quality of information using the DISCERN instrument, accuracy score, and exhaustivity score. <i>Results</i>: Of the 150 websites, 96 were included in the analysis. University and private hospital websites had significantly higher DISCERN, accuracy, and exhaustivity scores compared to the other websites. <i>Conclusions</i>: Accurate medical information is essential for improving patient satisfaction and treatment outcomes. The quality of websites should be improved to provide high-quality medical information to patients, which can be facilitated by doctors.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/10/1315chronic ankle instabilityInternet medical informationwebsite assessment |
| spellingShingle | Sung-Joon Yoon Jun-Bum Kim Ki-Jin Jung Hee-Jun Chang Yong-Cheol Hong Chang-Hwa Hong Byung-Ryul Lee Eui-Dong Yeo Hong-Seop Lee Sung-Hun Won Jae-Young Ji Dhong-Won Lee Woo-Jong Kim Evaluation of the Quality of Information Available on the Internet Regarding Chronic Ankle Instability Medicina chronic ankle instability Internet medical information website assessment |
| title | Evaluation of the Quality of Information Available on the Internet Regarding Chronic Ankle Instability |
| title_full | Evaluation of the Quality of Information Available on the Internet Regarding Chronic Ankle Instability |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of the Quality of Information Available on the Internet Regarding Chronic Ankle Instability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the Quality of Information Available on the Internet Regarding Chronic Ankle Instability |
| title_short | Evaluation of the Quality of Information Available on the Internet Regarding Chronic Ankle Instability |
| title_sort | evaluation of the quality of information available on the internet regarding chronic ankle instability |
| topic | chronic ankle instability Internet medical information website assessment |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/10/1315 |
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