Previously submitted to: JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting (no longer under consideration since Nov 05, 2021)
Date Submitted: Nov 8, 2020
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Quality of internet information according to language search on childhood Cancer
ABSTRACT
Background:
Background:
Health information on the internet could vary its quality given that nowadays it is easy for everyone to spread information on the internet even if it is not reliable. Also, one factor that could influence the quality of the information is the language in which it is presented. Parents of children with cancer tend to search for their children´s disease on the internet, and this could affect the decisions the parents take concerning their children´s treatment
Objective:
Objective:
The aim of this study was to compare the quality of pediatric cancer information on the internet provided in English and Spanish languages
Methods:
Methods:
Three different quality engines were used, JAMA benchmarks, DISCERN and HONcode to assess English and Spanish websites.
Results:
Results:
: DISCERN scores were significantly different between English and Spanish websites (Mann-Whitney U test, p<0.001), JAMA benchmarks show a difference between English and Spanish websites (Chi2 test, p=0.009), but HONcode was no different between groups.
Conclusions:
Conclusions:
English websites had a better information quality than Spanish websites.
Citation
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