Evaluation of Health on the Net seal label and DISCERN as content quality indicators for patients seeking information about thumb sucking habit

• Published in: Journal of pharmacy & bioallied science Vol. 7; no. 6; pp. 481 - S485
• Main Authors: Shital Kiran, DP, Bargale, Seema, Pandya, Parth, Bhatt, Kuntal, Barad, Nirav, Shah, Nilay, Venkataraghavan, Karthik, Ramesh, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.08.2015; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
• Subjects: Dental Science - Original; Sucking behavior; Thumb sucking; Web sites; India; Health on the Net seal; health education; Google; DISCERN; thumb sucking habit; patients; websites; Internet; Communication; quality

The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of websites on the thumb sucking habit using DISCERN instrument and Health on the Net (HON) seal code at a single moment in time. An Internet search engine (www.google.com) was used to identify websites comprising information on "thumb sucki...