Ka Siu Fan|Shahi Ghani|Nikolaos Machairas|Lorenzo Lenti|Ka Hay Fan|Daniel C. Richardson|Aneya Scott|Dimitri Aristotle Raptis
COVID-19 prevention and treatment information on the internet: a systematic analysis and quality assessment
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|The Royal Free Hospital|University College London|St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|Imperial College London|St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|The Royal Free Hospital|University College London
evaluate quality information regarding prevention treatment covid19 available general public countriessystematic analysis using ensuring quality information patients eqip tool score 036 journal american medical association jama benchmark score 04 discern tool score 1680 analyse websites containing information targeted general publictwelve popular search terms including coronavirus covid19 19 wuhan virus treat coronavirus covid19 19 prevention identified google adwords google trends unique links first 10 pages search term identified evaluated quality informationall websites written english language provides information prevention treatment covid19 intended general public considered eligible websites intended professionals specific isolated populations students one particular school excluded well websites video content marketing content daily caseload update news dashboard pages health informationof 1275 identified websites 321 25 eligible analysis overall eqip jama discern scores 178 27 380 respectively websites originated 34 countries majority usa 55 news services 50 governmenthealth departments 27 common sources information information quality varied significantly majority websites discuss prevention alone despite popular search trends covid19 treatment websites discussing prevention treatment n73 23 score significantly higher across tools p0001this comprehensive assessment online covid19 information using eqip jama discern tools indicate websites inadequate necessitates improvements online resources facilitate public health measures pandemic