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ArticleActa informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH2014

Quality assessment of persian mental disorders websites using the webmedqual scale.

Leila Shahrzadi, Shahin Mojiri, Sima Janatian, Behjat Taheri, Hasan Ashrafi-Rizi, Zeinab Shahrzadi, Razieh Zahedi

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Leila ShahrzadiMedical Library and Information Science, Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Shahin MojiriMedical Library and Information Science, Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Sima JanatianFaculty of Psychology and Education, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran.
Behjat TaheriIsfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Hasan Ashrafi-RiziMedical Library and Information Science, Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Zeinab ShahrzadiInformation Systems Managements, Foolad Institute of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.
Razieh ZahediTehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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introductionNowadays, anyone with any level of Internet knowledge can act as producer and distributor of information. It differs from most traditional media of information transmission, lack of information control and lack of quality management to contents. This leads to quality of health information on the internet is doubtful. The object of this study is guidance patients to select valid mental disorders and determine the quality of Persian mental disorders websites.

methodsThe sample of this study comprised 29 Persian mental disorders websites that were chosen by searching the Google, Yahoo and AltaVista search engines for the Persian equivalents of the three concepts "depression," "anxiety," and "obsession". website was created by individuals or organizations. Data collection was performed with the WebMedQual checklist. Websites was assessed based on indicators as content, authority of source, design, accessibility and availability, links, user support, and confidentiality and privacy (Maximum score for any website was 83, mean score 41.5 and minimum score was 0). Collected data analyzed by one sample T- test in SPSS 20. Findings presented by Mean score and optimal score.

resultsBased on the WebMedQual scale the mean score of Persian mental disorders websites in sex constructs including "content" (7.02±2.10), "authority of source" (4.71±1.96),"accessibility and availability" (2.19±0.47), "links" (1.45±0.97), "user support" (4.28±1.33), and"confidentiality and privacy" (2.81±2.81) are poor and below average, but the score for the "design" (9.17± 1.59) is above average. The best website of mental disorders was that of the "IranianPsychological Association".

conclusionsAccording to the results, only one website obtained the average score, so the quality of Persian mental disorders websites is low. Therefore, it is essential for users to criticize websites' content and not trust them before evaluating them. It is better to use the ranked list websites or search on the internet by help information experts.

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Health informationmental disorders websitesQuality assessmentWebMedQual scale

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