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  • Impingement on the internet: evaluating the quality and readability of online subacromial impingement information

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    Author(s)
    Erian, Christopher
    Erian, Michael
    Raniga, Sumit
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    Erian, Christopher
    Year published
    2021
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    Abstract
    Patients increasingly access the internet to learn about their orthopaedic conditions. Despite this, online information may be unregulated, of questionable quality and difficulty to read. Objectives: Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the readability and quality of the online information concerning subacromial impingement syndrome. Methods: A search using Australia's three most popular online search engines was undertaken using the search terms 'subacromial impingement syndrome' and 'shoulder impingement'. The first 15 websites for each term were evaluated. Duplicates, advertisements and sponsored links were removed.The ...
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    Patients increasingly access the internet to learn about their orthopaedic conditions. Despite this, online information may be unregulated, of questionable quality and difficulty to read. Objectives: Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the readability and quality of the online information concerning subacromial impingement syndrome. Methods: A search using Australia's three most popular online search engines was undertaken using the search terms 'subacromial impingement syndrome' and 'shoulder impingement'. The first 15 websites for each term were evaluated. Duplicates, advertisements and sponsored links were removed.The quality and readability of each website were calculated using the DISCERN and Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease (FKRE) tools, respectively. The differences in quality and readability between each website type (healthcare/academic, commercial, news outlet, charitable/not-for-profit, layperson, government) was assessed using analysis of variance. The correlation between quality and readability was assessed using the Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: The majority of 35 unique websites analysed were of 'poor'/'fair' quality (determined via the DISCERN instrument) and 'difficult' readability (per the FKRE tool), with no correlation established between the scores. There was no statistically significant difference in quality across website types, however layperson, news outlet and government websites were found to be significantly more readable than alternate website categories (p<0.05). Conclusions: We determined that much of the online information concerning subacromial impingement syndrome may be difficult to read and/or of poor quality. By recognising the shortcomings of information accessed by patients online, it is hoped clinicians may be prompted to better educate their patients.
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    Journal Title
    BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
    Volume
    7
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001203
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    © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
    Subject
    Sports science and exercise
    injuries
    orthopaedics
    shoulder
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/410855
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