Evaluar la calidad, legibilidad y confiabilidad de la información en línea sobre COVID-19

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v9i12.10680

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Acceso a la Información; Infecciones por Coronavirus; Red social.

Resumen

Durante una crisis de salud pública, la difusión de información confiable, consejos y opiniones de expertos es esencial para mejorar la comprensión pública de las amenazas para la salud potenciales o reales y permite al público tomar decisiones informadas sobre las medidas de mitigación de riesgos. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar la calidad, confiabilidad y legibilidad de la información basada en Internet sobre COVID-19 disponible en los motores de búsqueda más utilizados de Brasil. Se seleccionaron un total de 68 sitios web a través de Google, Bing y Yahoo. La calidad y confiabilidad del contenido de los sitios web se evaluó mediante el cuestionario DISCERN, los criterios del Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) y la presencia de la certificación Health on Net (HON). La legibilidad fue evaluada por Flesch Reading Ease adaptado al portugués brasileño (FRE-BP). Los contenidos de la web se consideraron de calidad moderada a baja según las puntuaciones medias de DISCERN y JAMA. La mayor parte de la muestra presentó niveles de lectura muy difíciles y solo el 7,4% presentó certificación HON. Los sitios web de naturaleza de autoría gubernamental y relacionada con la salud mostraron puntuaciones medias de JAMA más bajas y las medidas de calidad y legibilidad no se correlacionaron con el tipo de contenido de las páginas web. Los contenidos relacionados con COVID-19 disponibles en línea se consideraron de calidad baja a moderada y no accesibles para la población en general. Estos hallazgos indican la necesidad de realizar más esfuerzos para mejorar la calidad del contenido relacionado con la salud en Internet, especialmente durante las emergencias de salud pública.

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13/12/2020

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LINS-FILHO, P. C. .; ARAÚJO, M. M. S. de; MACÊDO, T. S. de; FERREIRA, A. K. A. .; MELO, M. C. F. de .; FREITAS, J. L. de M. .; SILVA, E. L. M. S. da .; CALDAS, T. U.; GODOY, G. P.; CALDAS JR., A. de F. . Evaluar la calidad, legibilidad y confiabilidad de la información en línea sobre COVID-19. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 9, n. 12, p. e3591210680, 2020. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v9i12.10680. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/10680. Acesso em: 30 jun. 2024.

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