NCT04599400

Online Information on Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Quality and Readability of Online Information on Myofascial Pain Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 151 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kars State Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators aim in this study is to evaluate myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) related websites in terms of the quality and the readability of the information. Also, to identify the typologies of websites that provide high-quality information about MPS.

Detailed description

Introduction The reliability of information on the internet, which people use as an easy and practical solution about diseases, is very important for public health. The ivestigatior aim in this study to evaluate the quality and readability of websites related to myofascial pain syndrome. Methods On April 4, 2020, web sites were searched on the Google search engine by using the term "myofascial pain syndrome". The typologies, quality and readability parameters of the sites were analyzed. Websites were divided into eight categories according to typology. In order to evaluate the quality, it is checked whether there is JAMA scoring system and HONcode certificate. Flesch-Kincaid grade and the Simple Measure of Gobbledygook was used to evaluate readability.

Conditions

• Myofascial Pain Syndrome, Diffuse

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	There is no intervention in our study	There is no intervention in our study

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-04-01
• Primary completion: 2020-04-01
• Completion: 2020-04-01
• First posted: 2020-10-22
• Last updated: 2020-10-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)