Universität zu Köln

Paffenholz, Pia, Salem, Johannes, Borgmann, Hendrik ORCID: 0000-0002-3955-564X, Nestler, Tim, Pfister, David, Ruf, Christian, Tsaur, Igor, Haferkamp, Axel and Heidenreich, Axel (2018). Testicular Cancer on the Weban Appropriate Source of Patient Information in Concordance with the European Association of Urology Guidelines? J. Cancer Educ., 33 (6). S. 1314 - 1323. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1543-0154

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Abstract

Despite the continuous growth of the internet, little is known about the quality of online information on testicular cancer, the most common solid malignancy in young men. In our study, we analysed the quality, readability and popularity of the most popular websites on testicular cancer. Therefore, we performed a web search for the term testicular cancer using www.google.com. Fifty-one websites were evaluated for HONcode quality certification, Alexa Popularity Rank and readability levels. Furthermore, the websites' content on eight major topics of the current European Association of Urology Guidelines on testicular cancer was assessed. Fourteen (28%) had a HONcode quality certificate and the mean Alexa Popularity Rank of all 51 websites was 54,040 (interquartile range 6648-282,797). Websites were difficult to read requiring 9years of US school education to properly understand the information. The websites mentioned 80% of the guideline topics on average, revealing prognosis (59%) and follow-up (57%) as underrepresented subtopics. Furthermore, 12% of all topics were displayed incorrectly, particularly due to wrong information concerning aetiology (42%). Sixty percent of the topics were mentioned in an incomplete fashion, with less than half of the websites displaying complete information on staging (47%), diagnostic evaluation (49%) or disease management (45%). In general, online health information concerning testicular cancer is mentioned correctly on most websites. However, improvement regarding readability and completeness of the given information is needed. Nevertheless, highly selected websites on testicular cancer can serve as an appropriate source of patient information.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Paffenholz, Pia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Salem, Johannes UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Borgmann, Hendrik UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3955-564X UNSPECIFIED Nestler, Tim UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pfister, David UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ruf, Christian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tsaur, Igor UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Haferkamp, Axel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Heidenreich, Axel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-163944
DOI:	10.1007/s13187-017-1249-9
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Cancer Educ.
Volume:	33
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 1314 - 1323
Date:	2018
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1543-0154
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language READABILITY; INTERNET Multiple languages Oncology; Education, Scientific Disciplines; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/16394