The Journal of Korean Obstetrics and Gynecology (대한한방부인과학회지)

The Society of Korean Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology (대한한방부인과학회)
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Evaluation of Health Information on Internet Sites Dealing with Oriental Obstetrics & Gynecology about Menstrual Pain

월경통으로 검색한 한방부인과 관련 인터넷사이트의 건강정보에 대한 평가

  • Youn, In-Hwan (Department of Oriental Obstetric and Gynecology, college of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Cho, Han-Baek (Department of Oriental Obstetric and Gynecology, college of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Kim, Song-Baeg (Department of Oriental Obstetric and Gynecology, college of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Choi, Chang-Min (Department of Oriental Obstetric and Gynecology, college of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Choi, Chul-Won (Department of Oriental Obstetric and Gynecology, college of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Ryu, Sung-Won (Department of Oriental Obstetric and Gynecology, college of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University)
  • 윤인환 (원광대학교 한의과대학 부인과학교실) ;
  • 조한백 (원광대학교 한의과대학 부인과학교실) ;
  • 김송백 (원광대학교 한의과대학 부인과학교실) ;
  • 최창민 (원광대학교 한의과대학 부인과학교실) ;
  • 최철원 (원광대학교 한의과대학 부인과학교실) ;
  • 유성원 (원광대학교 한의과대학 부인과학교실)
  • Published : 2007.05.29
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze current status of the web-sites dealing with oriental obstetrics & gynecology in the internet, and to evaluate their quality and confidence of health information. Methods: It was selected 54 local sites by searching for such key words as menstrual pain. The evaluation tool consisted of six major classification (Content, Authorship, Purpose, Functionality, Feedback and Privacy). Results: In the evaluation of web-sites, the lowest and the highest scores were 7 and 19 out of 26, and the average score was 13.94. The scores of Purpose, Content, Feedback were higher than the average, but the scores of Authorship, Functionality, Privacy were lower than the average. Conclusion: There is a need to develop a high-quality information about latest, confidence, authorship of documents, and to prevent a exposure of privacy.

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