Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution

ÇELİK, Suat Erol; SAMANCI, Yavuz

Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution

Yavuz SAMANCI, (Istanbul Training and Research Hospital, Neurosurgery Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey)

Suat Erol ÇELİK (Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Neurosurgery Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey)

Turkish Neurosurgery

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Yıl: 2017 Cilt: 27 Sayı: 5 Sayfa Aralığı: 804 - 808 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution

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AIM: An increasing number of patients engage in health information seeking via the internet. We aimed to determine the quality of information on the internet for treatment of three common neurosurgical conditions associated with low back pain using the DISCERN® instrument. MATERIAL and METHODS: The search phrases "lumbar disc herniation (LDH) treatment", "lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) treatment" and "lumbar spondylolisthesis (LSL) treatment" were searched in the Google® search engine using the simple searching method. The first 30 websites were evaluated for website authors (healthcare, news, personal, physician, and unidentified), and DISCERN® scores using 15 key questions representing a separate quality criterion plus an overall quality rating. Each site was scored independently by two observers. RESULTS: Of 90 links retrieved, a total of 83 websites were used for analysis. The physician authors were ranked first (39.3%) in the search results. Only 3.6% of the websites had clear aims, and the information was relevant in 6%. Seventy-two (86.7%) websites had no sources of evidence for the information mentioned. The information was completely balanced and unbiased in only 8 (9.6%) websites. Fifty-one (61.5%) websites had no described benefits for any of the treatments and only 2 (2.4%) websites described a risk for each treatment. Only 6 (7.2%) websites were found to be useful and appropriate sources of information about treatment choices. The DISCERN® scores were not significantly different between all author groups (p=0.713). CONCLUSION: The information on the treatment options of LDH, LSS and LSL on the internet is not useful or appropriate regarding treatment choices. Neurosurgeons should be aware of this inconsistency.

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APA	SAMANCI Y, ÇELİK S (2017). Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution. , 804 - 808.
Chicago	SAMANCI Yavuz,ÇELİK Suat Erol Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution. (2017): 804 - 808.
MLA	SAMANCI Yavuz,ÇELİK Suat Erol Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution. , 2017, ss.804 - 808.
AMA	SAMANCI Y,ÇELİK S Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution. . 2017; 804 - 808.
Vancouver	SAMANCI Y,ÇELİK S Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution. . 2017; 804 - 808.
IEEE	SAMANCI Y,ÇELİK S "Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution." , ss.804 - 808, 2017.
ISNAD	SAMANCI, Yavuz - ÇELİK, Suat Erol. "Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution". (2017), 804-808.

APA	SAMANCI Y, ÇELİK S (2017). Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution. Turkish Neurosurgery, 27(5), 804 - 808.
Chicago	SAMANCI Yavuz,ÇELİK Suat Erol Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution. Turkish Neurosurgery 27, no.5 (2017): 804 - 808.
MLA	SAMANCI Yavuz,ÇELİK Suat Erol Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution. Turkish Neurosurgery, vol.27, no.5, 2017, ss.804 - 808.
AMA	SAMANCI Y,ÇELİK S Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution. Turkish Neurosurgery. 2017; 27(5): 804 - 808.
Vancouver	SAMANCI Y,ÇELİK S Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution. Turkish Neurosurgery. 2017; 27(5): 804 - 808.
IEEE	SAMANCI Y,ÇELİK S "Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution." Turkish Neurosurgery, 27, ss.804 - 808, 2017.
ISNAD	SAMANCI, Yavuz - ÇELİK, Suat Erol. "Low Back Pain and Internet: Infopollution". Turkish Neurosurgery 27/5 (2017), 804-808.