Chinese Internet Searches Provide Inaccurate and Misleading Information to Epilepsy Patients

Chinese Internet Searches Provide Inaccurate and Misleading Information to Epilepsy Patients

BACKGROUND Most patients with epilepsy want to learn as much as possible about the disease, and many have turned to the internet for information. Patients are likely to use information obtained from the internet to control their epilepsy, but little is known about the accuracy of this information. In this survey, we have assessed the feasibility and usability of internet-based interventions for...

Using the internet to provide information prescriptions.

INTRODUCTION An information prescription is the provision of specific information to a patient on how to help manage a health problem. The Internet is being used increasingly as a source for information prescriptions, with clinicians directing patients to specific Web sites. As with any health care intervention, patients' lack of compliance is a barrier to the effectiveness of Web-based informa...

How Social Norms Promote Misleading Social Feedback and Inaccurate SelfAssessment

Self-assessments are often prone to error. Past research has identified cognitive and motivational biases that lead self-assessments astray. In the present paper, we discuss how behavior shaped by social norms leaves the negative information that people require for accurate self-assessments invisible. First, social norms lead people to suppress critical feedback in favor of more positive evalua...

Waiting-list Web site "inaccurate" and "misleading," BC doctors complain.

Inaccurate information about lyme disease on the internet.

OBJECTIVE Patients and families searching the Internet about Lyme disease may find conflicting information. Our purpose was to review the accuracy of information on Lyme disease easily available on the Internet. METHODS We used 15 search engines to find general information about Lyme disease. We found 251 Lyme disease websites, which we reviewed. Of these 251 websites, 19 gave general Lyme di...