Quality of web based information on depression is poor

Consumers are increasingly turning to the internet for information about medical treatment. Is the information they receive accurate? Is there some way they can distinguish between "good" and "bad" sites? In a survey of 21 popular depression websites (p 1511) Griffiths and Christensen found that, when judged against evidence based guidelines, the quality of information on the web was generally poor but that sites owned by organisations and those using an editorial board provided the best information about depression. The authors conclude that their methodology could be used in future studies of website quality.


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Quality of web based information on treatment of depression: cross sectional survey
Kathleen M Griffiths and Helen Christensen
BMJ 2000 321: 1511-1515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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