背景:在信息时代,患者很容易被不准确的互联网内容误导,因此,在医疗问题上没有做出明智的决定。腺样体肥大,儿童和青少年慢性上呼吸道阻塞的最常见原因之一,可能会导致严重的并发症,包括睡眠呼吸暂停和颅面改变.没有关于腺样体肥大网站质量的关键研究,对于没有医学背景的用户来说,确定哪个网站提供更可靠的信息是一个挑战。此外,访问谷歌等互联网搜索工具的障碍,雅虎,和其他人为中国大陆庞大的用户群体创造了一个孤立的互联网环境。互联网立法的差异,商业环境,和文化也可能导致中国大陆内外的在线健康信息质量不同。迄今为止,没有研究比较大陆中英文网站的质量差异。
目的:本研究的目的是(1)分析患者可访问的有关腺样体肥大的网站的质量,(2)调查中英文网站的质量差异,(3)确定哪种类型的网站(例如,政府赞助,医疗保健提供者)在医疗信息方面更可靠,(4)确定外国网站的阻塞是否阻碍了用户访问中国大陆质量更好的网站。
方法:收集了全球和中国大陆三大搜索引擎中显示的前100个网站(不包括广告),以作为数据源。网站是根据可访问性进行评估的,问责制,交互性,结构,和内容质量(准确性,内容覆盖,和客观性)。计算了科恩κ,进行单因素方差分析和Kruskal-Wallis检验,比较各组和亚组的结果.
结果:英文网站内容质量的平均得分明显高于中文网站(Google为6.16vs4.94,P=.03,宾,和雅虎;百度6.16vs4.16,P<.001,搜狗,和必中国)。不受互联网审查系统影响的中国用户更有可能获得更高质量的在线医疗信息(4.94vs4.16,P=.02)。在组内Student-Newman-Keulsqposthoc分析中,专业组织和政府赞助的网站的质量普遍优于其他中英文网站(P<0.05)。
结论:一般来说,有关腺样体肥大的英文网站质量优于中文网站;因此,居住在中国大陆以外的中国用户受到不准确的在线医疗信息的影响较小。
BACKGROUND: In the information era, patients can easily be misled by inaccurate internet content, thus making not well-informed decisions about medical issues. Adenoid hypertrophy, one of the most common causes of chronic upper airway obstruction in children and adolescents, may lead to serious complications, including sleep apnea and craniofacial change. There have been no critical studies about the quality of websites on adenoid hypertrophy, posing a challenge for users without a medical background to determine which website offers more reliable information. Moreover, the blockage of access to internet search tools such as Google, Yahoo, and others has created an isolated internet environment for the enormous user population in mainland China. Differences in internet legislation, the commercial environment, and culture are also likely to result in varied quality of online health information inside and outside mainland China. To date, no study has compared the quality difference between mainland Chinese and English websites.
OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to (1) analyze the quality of websites about adenoid hypertrophy accessible by patients, (2) investigate the quality differences between Chinese and English websites, (3) determine which type of website (eg, government-sponsored, health care provider) is more reliable in terms of medical information, and (4) determine whether the blockage of foreign websites is hindering users\' accessibility to better-quality websites in mainland China.
METHODS: The first 100 websites (excluding advertisements) displayed on the top three search engines worldwide and in mainland China for the key search term \"enlarged adenoids\" were collected as the data source. The websites were evaluated based on accessibility, accountability, interactivity, structure, and content quality (accuracy, content coverage, and objectivity). Cohen κ was calculated, and one-way ANOVA and the Kruskal-Wallis test were performed to compare the results between groups and subgroups.
RESULTS: The mean score for the content quality of English websites was significantly higher than that of Chinese websites (6.16 vs 4.94, P=.03 for Google, Bing, and Yahoo; 6.16 vs 4.16, P<.001 for Baidu, Sougou, and Bing China). Chinese users who are not influenced by the Internet Censorship System are more likely to access higher-quality online medical information (4.94 vs 4.16, P=.02). In within-group Student-Newman-Keuls q posthoc analysis, professional organization and government-sponsored websites were generally of better quality than other websites for both Chinese and English websites (P<.05).
CONCLUSIONS: Generally, the English websites on adenoid hypertrophy are of better quality than Chinese websites; thus, Chinese users residing outside of the Chinese mainland are less influenced by inaccurate online medical information.