Mujtaba Nassiri, Robert A Bruce-Brand, Francis O'Neill, Shojaeddin Chenouri, Paul Curtin
BACKGROUND: Research has shown that up to 89% of parents used the Internet to seek health information regarding their child's medical condition. Much of the information on the Internet is valuable; however, the quality of health information is variable and unregulated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality and content of information about Perthes disease on the Internet using recognized scoring systems, identification of quality markers, and describe a novel specific score...
2015: Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics