Online resources for information on shoulder arthroplasty: an assessment of quality and readability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many patients use online resources to educate themselves on surgical procedures and make well-informed healthcare decisions. The aim of our study was to evaluate the quality and readability of online resources exploring shoulder arthroplasty.

Methods

An internet search pertaining to shoulder arthroplasty (partial, anatomic, and reverse) was conducted using the three most popular online search engines. The top 25 results generated from each term in each search engine were included. Webpages were excluded if they were duplicates, advertised by search engines, subpages of other pages, required payments or subscription, or were irrelevant to our scope. Webpages were classified into different source categories. Quality of information was assessed by HONcode certificati

SUBMITTER: Fares MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10497924 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature