| Evaluating the quality of websites relating to diet and eating disorders. | |
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PMID: 22051128 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Objective: To verify whether the Credibility Indicator is able to evaluate the quality of websites. Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study of websites on diet and anorexia/bulimia, using searches on Google to access the study population. Quality was studied using 22 variables selected by consolidating international proposals. In addition, eight variables belonging to the Credibility Indicator were also studied. Results: Three hundred and fifty four homepages relating to diet and 366 homepages relating to anorexia/bulimia were evaluated. None of the websites met all of the quality criteria; neither did any website satisfy all of the Credibility Indicators. A positive correlation was observed between fulfilment of the Quality items and the Credibility Indicator (R = 0.72; P < 0.001). Significant differences were found in the fulfilment of the Total Quality variables between the websites that had these variables and those that did not (t-test = -9.91, P < 0.001). Conclusions: The quality of websites covering issues of diet and anorexia/bulimia is still poor. The Credibility Indicator is a useful aid when determining the quality of a website. It is evident that identifying authorship and affiliation is an important factor in predicting the quality of the information. |
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Rocío Guardiola-Wanden-Berghe; Josefa D Gil-Pérez; Javier Sanz-Valero; Carmina Wanden-Berghe |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2011-10-13 |
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Title: Health information and libraries journal Volume: 28 ISSN: 1471-1842 ISO Abbreviation: Health Info Libr J Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-11-04 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100970070 Medline TA: Health Info Libr J Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 294-301 Citation Subset: H |
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© 2011 The authors. Health Information and Libraries Journal © 2011 Health Libraries Group. |
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Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, and History of Science, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain Department of Public Health, History of Science, and Gynaecology, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain Departments of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Toxicology, University Cardenal Herrera-CEU, Elche, Spain. |
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