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Inviato: Ven 11 Gen, 2008 18:35 Oggetto: Floaters on internet: studio brasiliano |
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un curioso ma assai interessante studio brasiliano sulle informazioni reperibili dal web riguardo le miodesopsie che dimostra ancora una volta il crescente interesse della comunità scientifica verso la nostra patologia:
1: Arq Bras Oftalmol. 2007 Sep-Oct;70(5):839-43.Click here to read Links
Evaluation of Internet websites about floaters and light flashes in patient education.
Barbosa AL, Martins EN.
Emergency Section, Department of Ophthalmology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. andrealimabarbosa@ig.com.br
PURPOSE: Flashes of light and floaters are most commonly caused by posterior vitreous separation but may be associated with sight-threatening disorders. Prevention of severe sequelae requires prompt dilated eye examination. Thus, information dissemination is crucial. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of information about floaters and light flashes available for patients on the Internet. METHODS: Cross-sectional study. In July 2005 we evaluated information available on the Internet regarding floaters and light flashes, using two search engines (MetaCrawler and MSN) and three key terms ("floaters", "dark spots eye", and "light flashes eye"). The quality of each website was evaluated using a score system. The sites were classified as academic, organizational or commercial. Readability, general quality of the website (based on: ownership, purpose, authorship, author qualification, attribution, interactivity, and currency) and quality of the specific content (definition, causes, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis) were analyzed. RESULTS: Of 145 websites evaluated, 49 were included. Four sites (8.2%) were academic, 9 (18.4%) organizational, and 36 (73.4%) commercial. In the majority of the sites (53.0%) information was poor and quality was not correlated with website classification. CONCLUSIONS: Information about floaters and light flashes available on the Internet is poor.
PMID: 18157311 [PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18157311?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum |
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