요추관 협착증에 대한 정보와 치료 옵션을 제공하는 인터넷 웹사이트의 질적 분석

Abstract

Study Design This study was performed to analyze the quality of the internet web sites providing informations and treatment options about lumbar stenosis.

Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate the internet web sites about lumbar stenosis.

Summary of Literature Review 98% of Korean people use internet for searching informations in 2020, and the population getting medical information on the internet is increasing. Nevertheless, there are few researches for assessing quality and accuracy of internet medical information about lumbar stenosis.

Materials and Methods The key word, “lumbar stenosis”. was searched on the three most popular search engines. The sites searched on each engine were selected in this study and classified by authorship. The web sites were rated according to the quality of information in terms of accuracy score (AS), content quality score (CQS) for each web site. In addition, the Treatment options were also evaluated in terms of treatment option score (TOS) in each groups of web sites classified by specialty.

Results 103 websites were included. In terms of accuracy score (AS) and content quality score (CQS), university hospital and private hospital websites scored significantly higher AS and CQS than those of the other groups (p=0.03). In terms of treatment option score (TOS), orthopedic surgery group scored significantly higher TOS than that of other-physician group (p=0.04).

Conclusion For patients, more efforts are needed for evaluating internet websites providing medical informations. Hospital group and orthopaedic surgeon group should play an important role