Expanding DISCERN to create a tool for assessing the quality of Web-based health information resources.

Konstantina Matsoukas; Sookyung Hyun; Leanne Currie; Myra P. Joyce; John Oliver; Sapana Patel; Olivia Velez; Po Yin Yen; Suzanne Bakken

Expanding DISCERN to create a tool for assessing the quality of Web-based health information resources.

Konstantina Matsoukas, Sookyung Hyun, Leanne Currie, Myra P. Joyce, John Oliver, Sapana Patel, Olivia Velez, Po Yin Yen, Suzanne Bakken

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Abstract

Based on criteria for assessing the quality of health information extracted from a review of the literature, we expanded the DISCERN instrument by adding 14 questions. New questions addressed language of the web-based health information resource, level of readability of the resource, and usability of the web page or portal for the resource.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1048
Number of pages	1
Journal	AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
State	Published - 2008

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Expanding DISCERN to create a tool for assessing the quality of Web-based health information resources.

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