RESULTS: Answers to questions were highly variable between websites with disparate statements noted, including: 1. 13% of websites state that surgery is required for all craniosynostoses. 2. 14% of websites state that if untreated, craniosynostosis mostly or always leads to developmental delay. 3. 95% of websites state there’s a combined plastic surgical-neurosurgical team approach. 5% are neur...

PURPOSE To compare the quality of current Internet information on benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and its surgical and medical managements across four Western languages and a comparative analysis of website sponsors. BPH Internet information quality is particularly relevant in an era of expanding, minimally invasive and surgical therapies. However, no comprehensive analysis exists. METHODS...

BACKGROUND Health care websites provide a valuable resource of health information to online consumers, especially patients. Official surgical and medical society websites should be a reliable first point of contact. OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this study was to quantitatively assess medical and surgical society websites for content and highlight the essential features required for a high-qua...

INTRODUCTION nowadays, the Internet is increasingly used by providers as a source of information for eating disorder health issues. However, health information on the Internet remains unregulated and varies in quality, accuracy and readability. OBJECTIVE the objective of this study was to determine both general and information quality of eating disorder websites, including obesity websites. ...

BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY The Internet is a useful resource for obtaining information. We evaluated the accuracy and coverage of reproductive health information on the Internet in English- and Persian-language sites accessed from Iran. An expert committee decided on five reproductive health topics to be evaluated and specified a checklist of content for these (36 items in total). We employed s...