Dietary and herbal supplement consumer health information for pain: A cross-sectional survey and quality assessment of online content.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients are increasingly utilizing the internet to learn about dietary and herbal supplements (DHSs) for various diseases/conditions, including pain management. Online health information has been found to be inconsistent and of poor quality in prior studies, which may have detrimental effects on patient health. This study assessed the quality of online DHSs consumer health information for pain.

Methods

Six search items related to DHSs and pain were used to generate the first 20 websites on Google across four English-speaking countries. The identified 480 webpages produced 68 eligible websites, which were then evaluated using the DISCERN tool. The mean scores and standard deviations (SD) of the reviewers' ratings on each of the 15 DISCERN instrument items as well

SUBMITTER: Ng JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10623267 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature