Dietary and herbal supplements for fatigue: A quality assessment of online consumer health information

Background: The Internet is increasingly utilized by patients to acquire information about dietary and herbal supplements (DHSs). Previously published studies assessing the quality of websites providing consumer health information about DHSs have been found to contain inaccuracies and misinformation...

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Autores principales:	Jeremy Y Ng, Catherine Jiayi Zhang, Saad Ahmed
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Consumer health information Dietary and herbal supplements DISCERN Fatigue Quality of information Miscellaneous systems and treatments RZ409.7-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4b4b3d767b7642c28e5f4bdc9f606af32021-11-28T04:31:36ZDietary and herbal supplements for fatigue: A quality assessment of online consumer health information2213-422010.1016/j.imr.2021.100749https://doaj.org/article/4b4b3d767b7642c28e5f4bdc9f606af32021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213422021000366https://doaj.org/toc/2213-4220Background: The Internet is increasingly utilized by patients to acquire information about dietary and herbal supplements (DHSs). Previously published studies assessing the quality of websites providing consumer health information about DHSs have been found to contain inaccuracies and misinformation that may compromise patient safety.. The present study assessed the quality of online DHSs consumer health information for fatigue. Methods: Six unique search terms were searched on Google, each relating to fatigue and DHSs, across four countries. Across 480 websites identified, 48 were deemed eligible and were quality assessed using the DISCERN instrument, a standardized index of the quality of consumer health information. Results: Across 48 eligible websites, the mean summed score was 47.64 (SD = 10.38) and the mean overall rating was 3.06 (SD = 0.90). Commercial sites were the most numerous in quantity, but contained information of the poorest quality. In general, websites lacked discussion surrounding uncertainty of information, describing what would happen if no treatment was used, and how treatment choices affect overall quality of life. Conclusion: Physicians and other healthcare professionals should be aware of the high variability in the quality of online information regarding the use of DHSs for fatigue and facilitate open communication with patients to guide them towards reliable online sources.Jeremy Y NgCatherine Jiayi ZhangSaad AhmedElsevierarticleConsumer health informationDietary and herbal supplementsDISCERNFatigueQuality of informationMiscellaneous systems and treatmentsRZ409.7-999ENIntegrative Medicine Research, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 100749- (2021)
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topic	Consumer health information Dietary and herbal supplements DISCERN Fatigue Quality of information Miscellaneous systems and treatments RZ409.7-999
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description	Background: The Internet is increasingly utilized by patients to acquire information about dietary and herbal supplements (DHSs). Previously published studies assessing the quality of websites providing consumer health information about DHSs have been found to contain inaccuracies and misinformation that may compromise patient safety.. The present study assessed the quality of online DHSs consumer health information for fatigue. Methods: Six unique search terms were searched on Google, each relating to fatigue and DHSs, across four countries. Across 480 websites identified, 48 were deemed eligible and were quality assessed using the DISCERN instrument, a standardized index of the quality of consumer health information. Results: Across 48 eligible websites, the mean summed score was 47.64 (SD = 10.38) and the mean overall rating was 3.06 (SD = 0.90). Commercial sites were the most numerous in quantity, but contained information of the poorest quality. In general, websites lacked discussion surrounding uncertainty of information, describing what would happen if no treatment was used, and how treatment choices affect overall quality of life. Conclusion: Physicians and other healthcare professionals should be aware of the high variability in the quality of online information regarding the use of DHSs for fatigue and facilitate open communication with patients to guide them towards reliable online sources.
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title	Dietary and herbal supplements for fatigue: A quality assessment of online consumer health information
title_short	Dietary and herbal supplements for fatigue: A quality assessment of online consumer health information
title_full	Dietary and herbal supplements for fatigue: A quality assessment of online consumer health information
title_fullStr	Dietary and herbal supplements for fatigue: A quality assessment of online consumer health information
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Dietary and herbal supplements for fatigue: A quality assessment of online consumer health information

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