The Current Quality of Web-Based Information on the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: A Systematic Search
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Aims
3. Methods
3.1. Search Strategy
3.2. Assessment
4. Statistics
5. Results
5.1. Google PageRank Score
5.2. Technological Quality of the Websites
5.3. Readability
5.4. Adherence to the HONCode
5.5. Information Quality According to the JAMA Benchmark Criteria
5.6. Information Quality According to the DISCERN Scale
5.7. Information Quality According to BD Treatment Guidelines
6. Discussion
Implications for the Clinics
7. Conclusions
8. Strengths and Limitations
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Italian (n = 31) | English (n = 35) | Tot (n = 66) | ||
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Search engine | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
Yahoo | 11 | 8 | 19 | |
Bing | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
DuckDuckGo | 0 | 9 | 9 |
English Websites (n = 31) | Italian Websites (n = 35) | Statistics | |
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Drugs | 27 (87%) | 28 (80%) | χ2 = 0.59; df = 1; p = 0.44 |
Psychotherapy | 25 (80%) | 23 (67%) | χ2 = 1.85; df = 1; p = 0.17 |
Psychosocial Interventions | 23 (73%) | 9 (27%) | χ2 = 15.5; df = 1; p < 0.0001 |
Only one treatment | 6 (20%) | 16 (47%) | χ2 = 5.14; df = 1; p = 0.02 |
Two treatments | 6 (20%) | 12 (33%) | χ2 = 1.85; df = 1; p = 0.17 |
All types of interventions | 19 (60%) | 7 (20%) | χ2 = 11.7; df = 1; p < 0.001 |
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Piras, M.; Perra, A.; Gureje, O.; Preti, A.; Carta, M.G. The Current Quality of Web-Based Information on the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: A Systematic Search. J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 5427. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11185427
Piras M, Perra A, Gureje O, Preti A, Carta MG. The Current Quality of Web-Based Information on the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: A Systematic Search. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022; 11(18):5427. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11185427
Chicago/Turabian StylePiras, Martina, Alessandra Perra, Oye Gureje, Antonio Preti, and Mauro Giovanni Carta. 2022. "The Current Quality of Web-Based Information on the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: A Systematic Search" Journal of Clinical Medicine 11, no. 18: 5427. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11185427
APA StylePiras, M., Perra, A., Gureje, O., Preti, A., & Carta, M. G. (2022). The Current Quality of Web-Based Information on the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: A Systematic Search. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(18), 5427. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11185427