What Is Health Information Quality? Ethical Dimension and Perception by Users.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: The popularity of seeking health information online makes information quality (IQ) a public health issue. The present study aims at building a theoretical framework of health information quality (HIQ) that can be applied to websites and defines which IQ criteria are important for a website to be trustworthy and meet users' expectations. Methods: We have identified a list of HIQ criteria from existing tools and assessment criteria and elaborated them into a questionnaire that was promoted via social media and mainly the University. Responses (329) were used to rank the different criteria for their importance in trusting a website and to identify patterns of criteria using hierarchical cluster analysis. Results: HIQ criteria were organized in five dimension

SUBMITTER: Al-Jefri M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6158347 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature