Online coverage of innovative Parkinson’s disease treatments: A comprehensive overview & categorization of websites, and assessment of references to clinical evidence & subjective language of online Parkinson’s disease information.
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2017-08-03
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The present study investigated the online coverage of a common chronic disease, Parkinson’s disease, and evaluated the references to clinical evidence and subjective language in the online information. Regarding RQ1, this study provides a comprehensive overview of 83 websites where patients can find information about Parkinson’s disease innovative treatments. Subsequently, regarding RQ2 and RQ3, online articles about Parkinson’s disease innovative treatments were analyzed on references to clinical evidence and the extent of subjectivity (superlative words and references to first- and second person). Out of all 240 analyzed articles, 33% referred to clinical evidence and 18% contained superlatives. 48% of all articles contained references to first person and 17% referred to second person. There is more use of subjective language when an article did not report any clinical evidence (RQ4).
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