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Pediatric surgery on the Internet: is the truth out there?

L E Chen1, R K Minkes, J C Langer

  • 1Division of Pediatric Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|August 17, 2000
PubMed
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Online pediatric surgery information quality varies greatly. Most websites for parents lack completeness and accuracy, necessitating an organized approach to ensure reliable medical data for families.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Pediatric Surgery
  • Health Communication

Background:

  • The internet is a vast, unmonitored source of medical information.
  • Assessing the quality of online pediatric surgery content is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the quality of online information regarding pediatric surgery.
  • To evaluate websites for completeness, accuracy, and bias.

Main Methods:

  • Searched the internet for pediatric surgery topics: congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), abdominal wall defects (AWD), pediatric inguinal hernia (IH), and pectus excavatum (PE).
  • Characterized, classified, and evaluated 141 websites for completeness, accuracy, and bias.
  • Assessed website ownership and target audience (medical professionals vs. lay population).

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Main Results:

  • 59.6% of websites targeted medical professionals, 46.8% targeted the lay population.
  • Over 58% covered symptoms and diagnosis, but less than 40% addressed etiology, pathology, surgery, postoperative course, or prognosis.
  • 93.1% of websites were incomplete, 75.7% were accurate, and 97.7% were neutral or positive towards medical treatment.
  • Websites for Pectus Excavatum (PE) were least accurate and often owned by lay individuals.

Conclusions:

  • Online pediatric surgery information quality is highly variable.
  • Lay-owned websites, common for the general audience, may not align with pediatric surgeons' opinions.
  • An organized approach is needed to ensure accurate and complete online pediatric surgery information for parents.