KMID : 0363120090220020141
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Korean Journal of Pain 2009 Volume.22 No. 2 p.141 ~ p.145
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Assessment of the Quality of Postherpetic Neuralgia Related Korean Internet Sites
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Lee Jae-Hak
Park Sang-Kyu Lee Doo-Ik Jung Jong-Kwon Lim Hyun-Kyoung Cha Young-Deog
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Abstract
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Background: There is no assessment of internet sites that carry information on chronic pain disease. So we assessed the quality of information about postherpetic neuralgia available on Korean internet sites.
Methods: The keywords ¡¯postherpetic neuralgia¡¯, ¡¯herpes zoster, neuropathic pain¡¯, ¡¯herpes zoster, pain¡¯, ¡¯herpes zoster¡¯ were searched in Korean on four search engines in Korea between the 1st to the 15th of May, 2009. We evaluated the outcome on two factors; the aspect of the contents which is subdivided into two categories, the content and authorship, and the technical aspect including web design, and efficiency.
Results: A total of 26 internet sites were found. Among these sites, 6 (23%) informed by anesthesiologist. The average score of the 26 internet sites was only 37.4 ¡¾ 20.1 out of a total of 100. A mean score of the contents was 13.3 ¡¾ 8.3 out of 40 points, the authorship was 10.0 ¡¾ 6.7 out of 20 points, the design was 9.2 ¡¾ 5.3 out of 20 points, the efficiency was 6.8 ¡¾ 4.3 out of 20 points. When comparing the score between anesthesiologist and non-anesthesiologist, the contents was 18.7 ¡¾ 7.4 vs. 11.7 ¡¾ 7.9, the authorship was 13.4 ¡¾ 4.7 vs. 9.0 ¡¾ 6.8, the design was 12.5 ¡¾ 4.2 vs. 8.3 ¡¾ 5.2 and the efficiency was 6.8 ¡¾ 4.5 vs. 4.3 ¡¾ 4.0 (P < 0.05).
Conclusions: There is a need for more accurate information about postherpetic neuralgia on the Korean internet by anesthesiologists.
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KEYWORD
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herpes zoster, internet, postherpetic neuralgia
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