TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and testing of the health information website evaluation tool on neck pain websites
T2 - An analysis of reliability, validity, and utility
AU - Henry Joseph, Leonard
AU - Blackburn, Tiffany
AU - Zubiena, Luke
AU - Lewin, Olivia
AU - Phezulu, James Phezulu
AU - Coleman, Robert
AU - Ogunfiditimi, Gbemisola
PY - 2023/4/15
Y1 - 2023/4/15
N2 - Objective: Online health information contributes to patient education and knowledge on disease management. The aims of this study were to design the Health Information Website Evaluation Tool (HIWET) to evaluate the quality of online information, and to investigate the reliability, validity, and utility of HIWET. Methods: HIWET was developed by a literature search and small-scale pilot testing. Upon development, psychometric properties of HIWET were evaluated on 20 neck pain websites. Reliability was analysed using Intra class correlation coefficient (ICC). Validity was analysed using Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients. Utility was analysed using an independent samples t-test. Results: HIWET demonstrated excellent intra-rater reliability (0.94 (0.98–0.99), p < .001) and fair inter-rater reliability (0.55 (0.88–0.10), p = .04). HIWET demonstrated validity with strong correlation against DISCERN (r = 0.656, n = 20, p = .002) and LIDA (r = 0.564, n = 20, p = 0.010). HIWET was time-efficient when compared to three comparison tools combined. Conclusion: HIWET is a reliable and valid tool for evaluating the qualities of online health information. Practical implications: HIWET has the advantages of being a simple, quick to use and freely accessible tool. It can be implemented into clinical practice, education, and research to evaluate quality of online health information.
AB - Objective: Online health information contributes to patient education and knowledge on disease management. The aims of this study were to design the Health Information Website Evaluation Tool (HIWET) to evaluate the quality of online information, and to investigate the reliability, validity, and utility of HIWET. Methods: HIWET was developed by a literature search and small-scale pilot testing. Upon development, psychometric properties of HIWET were evaluated on 20 neck pain websites. Reliability was analysed using Intra class correlation coefficient (ICC). Validity was analysed using Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients. Utility was analysed using an independent samples t-test. Results: HIWET demonstrated excellent intra-rater reliability (0.94 (0.98–0.99), p < .001) and fair inter-rater reliability (0.55 (0.88–0.10), p = .04). HIWET demonstrated validity with strong correlation against DISCERN (r = 0.656, n = 20, p = .002) and LIDA (r = 0.564, n = 20, p = 0.010). HIWET was time-efficient when compared to three comparison tools combined. Conclusion: HIWET is a reliable and valid tool for evaluating the qualities of online health information. Practical implications: HIWET has the advantages of being a simple, quick to use and freely accessible tool. It can be implemented into clinical practice, education, and research to evaluate quality of online health information.
KW - online health information
KW - quality evaluation
KW - tool reliability
KW - tool validity
KW - tool utility
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pec.2023.107762
DO - 10.1016/j.pec.2023.107762
M3 - Article
SN - 0738-3991
VL - 113
JO - Patient Education and Counseling
JF - Patient Education and Counseling
M1 - 107762
ER -