Patients should not rely on low back pain information from Brazilian official websites: A mixed-methods review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Websites from official organizations (e.g., Ministry of Health and Professional Councils) are assumed to be trustworthy sources of information.

Objective

To investigate the credibility, accuracy, and readability of low back pain (LBP) web-based content in Brazilian official websites.

Methods

Mixed-methods review. Google search was used for retrieving web-information about Brazilian trustworthy organizations. We assessed the URLs on three domains: credibility, accuracy, and readability of LBP contents. Qualitative analysis was performed using an open source platform in three stages: (1) organization into thematic units; (2) data exploration; and (3) interpretation of the data and summarization.

Results

We included 84 URLs. Accuracy was assessed for 58

SUBMITTER: Santos RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8803602 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature