Online Information on Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Kars State Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Myofascial Pain Syndrome, Diffuse

Treatments: Other: There is no intervention in our study

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04599400

Not appropriate

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 151 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The URL of the first 200 sites

Exclusion criteria

• The sites in languages other than English
• The sites with video and audio recording but without reading text
• The sites with access problems or requesting registration
• Subscription and the sites that do not provide information about myofascial pain syndrome