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Uday Pratap Singh Parmar1, Parul Ichhpujani1, Vishal Abhimutt Mahesh1
1Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Romanian Journal of Ophthalmology
|October 28, 2024
Summary
Online information on nutritional supplements for glaucoma is often not evidence-based. Healthcare professionals provide higher quality content, though most do not recommend supplements due to inconclusive data.
Area of Science:
- Ophthalmology
- Nutritional Science
- Digital Health
Background:
- Online platforms increasingly feature content on nutritional supplements for glaucoma.
- The evidence-based quality of this online information is largely unexamined.
- Patients often seek health information online without physician consultation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the quality of online content regarding the therapeutic potential of nutritional supplements for glaucoma.
- To compare information quality across different platforms (Google, social media).
Main Methods:
- Searched Google, Facebook Watch, YouTube, Reddit, and Google Images for
- glaucoma
- vitamins
- nutraceuticals
- nutritional supplements
- .
- Assessed the top 30 results from each platform using Sandvik, Risk, and HONcode scores.
- Evaluated 68 Google webpages, 75 Google Images, 39 YouTube videos, 12 Facebook Watch videos, and 19 Reddit posts.
Main Results:
- Assessed content quality varied across platforms, with average Sandvik scores ranging from 10.08 to 10.86.
- Average Risk Scores indicated lower risk for social media content (0.26-0.67).
- HONcode scores were highest for Google webpages (6.0) and YouTube videos (5.15), suggesting better adherence to health information standards on these platforms.
Conclusions:
- Information quality on nutritional supplements for glaucoma differs between healthcare professionals (HCPs) and non-HCPs, with HCPs providing superior content.
- Most HCPs do not recommend supplements due to insufficient or conflicting evidence.
- Further research may support nutritional supplementation as an integrative glaucoma management strategy.
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