互联网是否提供有关常见肌肉骨疾病之前的治疗方法的准确信息?
Ruth Simpson1, Sruthi Gade1, Anita Prabhu1
1Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Journal of patient experience
|February 24, 2025
概括
许多网站不准确地描绘了未经治疗的肌肉骨疾病. 这项研究发现,在线信息往往夸大了治疗的必要性,可能会误导患者关于诸如手腕道综合征之类的疾病.
科学领域:
- 肌肉骨健康 肌肉骨健康
- 数字健康沟通数字健康沟通
- 患者教育 患者教育
背景情况:
- 在线健康信息显著影响患者的决策.
- 关于肌肉骨疾病的错误信息可能会导致不必要的焦虑和治疗.
- 准确的信息对于患者在自我护理和医疗干预方面做出明智的选择至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估网站如何描述不治疗常见肌肉骨疾病的后果.
- 评估有关疾病进展和未经治疗的疾病手术必要性的信息的准确性.
- 识别在线健康内容中的错误信息产生的潜在危害.
主要方法:
- 通过使用一个共同的搜索引擎对三个肌肉骨诊断进行了系统的搜索:de Quervain肌病,侧面表皮炎和手掌道综合征.
- 对每种疾病的前120个网站进行了分析,以查找有关没有治疗的情况下疾病进展和潜在需要手术的陈述.
- 网站的评级是基于它们对未经治疗的疾病的描述,区分那些自我限制的过程和那些逐渐恶化的过程.
主要成果:
- 网站的很高比例表明,如果没有治疗,病情会恶化:手腕道综合征 (99%),侧面表皮质炎 (91%) 和德奎尔温肌病 (72%).
- 大约三分之一的网站表明,每种情况都可能需要手术,无论其自然过程如何.
- 观察到,在自然治愈的疾病和没有干预而进展的疾病之间存在明显的差异.
结论:
- 在线医疗信息经常误解肌肉骨疾病的预后,可能造成伤害.
- 误导性内容可以加强误解,并破坏患者在医疗保健决策中的自主权.
- 内容创作者应该对所有医疗条件的治疗必要性和疾病进展信息的准确性进行验证.
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