Third Molars on the Internet: A Guide for Assessing Information Quality and Readability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Directing patients suffering from third molars (TMs) problems to high-quality online information is not only medically important, but also could enable better engagement in shared decision making.

Objectives

This study aimed to develop a scale that measures the scientific information quality (SIQ) for online information concerning wisdom tooth problems and to conduct a quality evaluation for online TMs resources. In addition, the study evaluated whether a specific piece of readability software (Readability Studio Professional 2012) might be reliable in measuring information comprehension, and explored predictors for the SIQ Scale.

Methods

A cross-sectional sample of websites was retrieved using certain keywords and phrases such as "impacted wisdom tooth pro

SUBMITTER: Hanna K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4704926 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature