TY - JOUR
T1 - The influence of quality criteria on parents' evaluation of medical web-pages
T2 - An Italian randomised trial
AU - Currò, Vincenzo
AU - Buonuomo, Paola Sabrina
AU - Zambiano, Annaluce
AU - Vituzzi, Andrea
AU - Onesimo, Roberta
AU - D'Atri, Alessandro
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The aim of this study is to verify the usefulness for parents of a web evaluation framework composed of ten quality criteria to improve their ability to assess the quality level of medical web sites. We conducted a randomised controlled trial that included two groups of parents who independently evaluated five paediatric web sites by filling out two distinct questionnaires: group A with the evaluation framework, group B without it. 40 volunteers were recruited from parents referring to the General Paediatrics Out-patients Department who satisfied the following eligibility criteria: Internet users, at least 1 child under 12 months old, no professional skill in Internet and medicine. The survey was taken between February 2, 2000 and March 22, 2000. Parents evaluated each web site and assigned a score, compared with a gold standard created by a group of experts. Suggesting evaluation criteria to parents seem useful for an improvement of their ability to evaluate web sites.
AB - The aim of this study is to verify the usefulness for parents of a web evaluation framework composed of ten quality criteria to improve their ability to assess the quality level of medical web sites. We conducted a randomised controlled trial that included two groups of parents who independently evaluated five paediatric web sites by filling out two distinct questionnaires: group A with the evaluation framework, group B without it. 40 volunteers were recruited from parents referring to the General Paediatrics Out-patients Department who satisfied the following eligibility criteria: Internet users, at least 1 child under 12 months old, no professional skill in Internet and medicine. The survey was taken between February 2, 2000 and March 22, 2000. Parents evaluated each web site and assigned a score, compared with a gold standard created by a group of experts. Suggesting evaluation criteria to parents seem useful for an improvement of their ability to evaluate web sites.
KW - Clinical trial
KW - Information
KW - Parents
KW - Web quality
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M3 - Article
C2 - 18057563
AN - SCOPUS:36549090485
VL - 15
SP - 399
EP - 406
JO - Technology and Health Care
JF - Technology and Health Care
SN - 0928-7329
IS - 6
ER -