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Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Chiropractic wellness on the web: the content and quality of information related to wellness and primary prevention on the Internet. | Evans et al. Chiropractic Manual Therapies 2011 19 4 http chiromt.eom content 19 1 4 CHIROPRACTIC MANUAL THERAPIES C MT RESEARCH Open Access Chiropractic wellness on the web the content and quality of information related to wellness and primary prevention on the Internet Marion Willard Evans Jr1 Stephen M Perle2 Harrison Ndetan3 Abstract Background The Internet has become a common source of information for patients wishing to learn about health information. Previous studies found information related to back pain poor and often contradictory to current guidelines. Wellness has become a common topic in the field of chiropractic and accrediting agencies have standards on delivery of wellness-based content in college curricula as well as directives for clinical applications. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of the information on the Internet using the terms chiropractic wellness or wellness chiropractic . Methods Five commonly used search engines were selected and the first 10 sites found using the strategy above were evaluated by two raters. Demographic assessments of the sites were made along with whether they were Health on the Net Foundation HON certified contained standard wellness content mentioned any Healthy People Focus Areas and other chiropractic topics. Kappa statistics compared inter-rater agreement. Results Potential patients appeared to be the audience 87 of the time and a private doctor of chiropractic appeared to be the typical site owner. The sites usually promoted the provider. No sites displayed HON certification logo nor did any appear to meet the HON certification criteria. Twenty-six sites 55 promoted regular physical activity in some manner and 18 38 had information on health risks of tobacco. Four 9 had mental health or stress-reduction content but none had information supportive of vaccination. Some had information contradictory to common public health measures. Conclusions Patients searching the Internet for chiropractic
