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KMID : 0644120070200020188
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Journal of Oriental Gynecology
2007 Volume.20 No. 2 p.188 ~ p.195
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Evaluation of Health Information on Internet Sites Dealing with Oriental Obstetrics & Gynecology about Menstrual Pain
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Youn In-Hwan
Cho Han-Baek
Kim Song-Baeg
Choe Chang-Min
Choi Chul-Won
Ryu Sung-Won
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Abstract
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Purpose:The purpose of this study was to analyze current status of the web-sites dealing with oriental obstetrics & gynecology in the internet, and to evaluate their quality and confidence of health information.
Methods: It was selected 54 local sites by searching for such key words as menstrual pain. The evaluation tool consisted of six major classification (Content, Authorship, Purpose, Functionality, Feedback and Privacy).
Results:In the evaluation of web-sites, the lowest and the highest scores were 7 and 19 out of 26, and the average score was 13.94. The scores of Purpose, Content, Feedback were higher than the average, but the scores of Authorship, Functionality, Privacy were lower than the average.
Conclusion:There is a need to develop a high-quality information about latest, confidence, authorship of documents, and to prevent a exposure of privacy.
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KEYWORD
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internet, evaluation, health information, privacy, obstetrics and gynecology
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