Evaluation of Information Quality of Data Obtained from the Internet on Laminate Veneer Crowns: A Methodological Study

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 2, 118 - 125, 28.08.2023

Nur Pektaş , Özer İşisağ

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Aim:
Today, developments in the field of communication and technology have made the internet the main source of reference; Thus, patients started to get information from various websites to obtain information about their health problems. The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of information obtained from the internet about laminate veneers using the DISCERN measurement method.
Material and Methods:
Using popular internet search engines Google (www.google.com.tr), Yandex (www.yandex.com.tr) and Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) between 01-08 December 2022, “laminate veneer”, “leaf porcelain”, “lamina tooth” were scanned. The top 10 websites obtained by searching each term separately in each of the search engines were determined. Total of 54 websites from 90 websites were evaluated using the 16-question DISCERN measurement method.

Results:
35 of the evaluated web sites are dentist/private dental clinic sites, 6 are general/dental health sites, 1 is news site, and 12 are private hospital sites. The DISCERN score of the evaluated websites ranged from 19 to 54 (average score of 30.42), and the average of DISCERN rating score was calculated as 1.97. None of the sites evaluated were rated as "excellent", only 1 site was rated as "good".

Conclusion:
The information quality of Turkish websites providing information about laminate veneer crowns is generally low. Among the reasons for the low quality of information on the websites are the lack of reference to the information provided and the lack of sufficient information about treatment options, contraindications and complications.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Internet, laminate veneers, health literacy, health knowledge, practice

Laminate Veneer Kuronlar ile İlgili İnternetten Elde Edilen Verilerin Bilgi Kalitesinin Değerlendirilmesi: Metodolojik Çalışma

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Amaç:
Günümüzde iletişim ve teknoloji alanındaki gelişmeler interneti temel başvuru kaynağı haline getirmiş; böylece, hastalar sağlık sorunlarıyla ilgili bilgi edinmek için çeşitli web sitelerinden bilgi almaya başlamışlardır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, DISCERN ölçüm metodu kullanarak laminate veneerler ilgili internetten elde edilen bilgilerin kalitesinin değerlendirilmesidir.

Gereç ve Yöntemler:
İnternetteki popüler arama motorlarından Google (www.google.com.tr), Yandex (www.yandex.com.tr) ve Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) kullanılarak 01-08 Aralık 2022 tarihleri arasında, “laminate veneer”, “yaprak porselen”, “lamina diş” sözcükleri ile tarama yapıldı. Arama motorlarının her birinde her terim ayrı ayrı aranarak elde edilen ilk 10 internet sitesi saptandı. Toplamda 90 internet sitesinden 54 internet sitesi 16 soruluk DISCERN ölçüm metodu kullanılarak değerlendirildi.

Bulgular:
Değerlendirmeye alınan web sitelerinin 35 tanesi diş hekimi/özel diş kliniği sitesi, 6 tanesi genel/dental sağlık sitesi, 1 tanesi haber sitesi, 12 tanesi özel hastane sitesidir. Değerlendirmeye alınan web sitelerinin DISCERN puanı 19 ile 54 arasında değişmektedir (puan ortalaması 30,42) ve DISCERN derecelendirme puanı ortalaması 1,97 olarak hesaplandı. Değerlendirmeye alınan hiçbir site “mükemmel” olarak değerlendirilmedi, sadece 1 site “iyi” olarak değerlendirildi.

Sonuç:
Laminate veneer kronlar ile ilgili bilgi veren Türkçe internet sitelerinin bilgi kalitesi genel olarak düşüktür. Web sitelerindeki bilgi kalitesininin düşük olmasının nedenleri arasında verilen bilgilere kaynak gösterilmemesi ve tedavi seçenekleri, kontrendikasyonları ve komplikasyonları hakkında yeterli bilgi bulunmaması bulunmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

İnternet, laminate veneer, sağlık okuryazarlığı, sağlık bilgisi, uygulama

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