Author, as appears in the article.: Alioshkin Cheneguin A; Salvat Salvat I; Romay Barrero H; Torres Lacomba M

Department: Medicina i Cirurgia

URV's Author/s: Salvat Salvat, María Isabel

Keywords: Web Validation Training Rheumatology Rehabilitation medicine Medical education & Pain Medical education & training Health information Health informatics Efficacy Education Discern Criteria

Abstract: © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. OBJECTIVE: To assess the content, quality and readability of websites with information on fibromyalgia in Spanish. METHODS: Websites were retrieved entering the keyword 'fibromyalgia' in Google, Yahoo! and Bing, and by searching records of patients associations in Spain and Latin America. The Bermúdez-Tamayo and DISCERN questionnaires were employed for evaluating quality and content, and INFLESZ for readability. Statistical analysis was conducted using IBM SPSSV.24 (Chicago, USA). RESULTS: Three hundred and five websites were found. After applying the exclusion criteria, 73 websites were analysed. Websites retrieved by search engines obtained median scores of 27.0 (interquartile interval (IQI): 24.5-32.0) with DISCERN, 35.0 (IQI: 31.0-40.5) with Bermúdez-Tamayo and 53.7 (IQI: 47.4-56.2) with INFLESZ, whereas those from patients associations scored 21.0 (IQI: 19.2-23.8), 26.0 (IQI: 25.0-31.0) and 51.7 (IQI: 47.9-55.1), respectively. In general, content was not up-to-date. CONCLUSIONS: Overall quality was medium-low, content quality was very low and readability was poor. Further effort is needed to guarantee meeting quality criteria and accessing updated, relevant, and legible information.This study exposes the quality and readability of websites on fibromyalgia in Spanish, which can help healthcare workers to better appraise this resource and its potential influence on the development of the pathology.

Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Psicología Odontología Nutrição Medicine, general & internal Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicine (all) Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar General medicine Farmacia Ensino Enfermagem Educação física Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciência da computação Biotecnología

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: mariaisabel.salvat@urv.cat

Record's date: 2023-02-23

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/7/e037065

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Bmj Open. 10 (7): e037065-

APA: Alioshkin Cheneguin A; Salvat Salvat I; Romay Barrero H; Torres Lacomba M (2020). How good is online information on fibromyalgia? An analysis of quality and readability of websites on fibromyalgia in Spanish. Bmj Open, 10(7), e037065-. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037065

Article's DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037065

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2020

Publication Type: Journal Publications