Assessment of the Quality, Accountability, and Readability of Online Patient Education Materials for Optic Neuritis.

ABSTRACT: Most cases of optic neuritis (ON) occur in women and in patients between the ages of 15 and 45 years, which represents a key demographic of individuals who seek health information using the internet. As clinical providers strive to ensure patients have accessible information to understand their condition, assessing the standard of online resources is essential. To assess the quality, content, accountability, and readability of online information for optic neuritis. This cross-sectional study analyzed 11 freely available medical sites with information on optic neuritis and used PubMed as a gold standard for comparison. Twelve questions were composed to include the information most relevant to patients, and each website was independently examined by four neuro-ophthalmologists. Readability w

SUBMITTER: Patel PN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11197904 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature