Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (Jan 2015)
Reliability of "Google" for obtaining medical information
- Mihir Kothari,
- Samita Moolani
Affiliations
- Mihir Kothari
- Samita Moolani
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.156934
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 63,
no. 3
pp. 267 – 269
Abstract
Internet is used by many patients to obtain relevant medical information. We assessed the impact of "Google" search on the knowledge of the parents whose ward suffered from squint. In 21 consecutive patients, the "Google" search improved the mean score of the correct answers from 47% to 62%. We found that "Google" search was useful and reliable source of information for the patients with regards to the disease etiopathogenesis and the problems caused by the disease. The internet-based information, however, was incomplete and not reliable with regards to the disease treatment.
Keywords
- Intraocular
- lymphoma
- retina
- vitreous
- Conjunctiva
- cornea
- lymphoma
- melanoma
- ocular surface
- ocular surface squamous neoplasia
- tumor
- Brachytherapy
- chemotherapy
- cryopexy
- intra ocular tumors
- photocoagulation
- Animal uveitis model
- cytomegalovirus retinitis animal model
- endotoxin-induced uveitis
- experimental autoimmune uveitis
- spontaneous
- tubercular uveitis animal model
- India
- genetics
- retinoblastoma
- review
- Glaucoma
- heavy silicone oil
- light silicone oil
- ocular hypertension
- retinal detachment
- standard silicone oil
- Adults
- blue sclera
- keratoglobus
- management
- pediatric patients
- Choroid
- hypertension
- optic coherence tomography
- Choroidal thickness
- enhanced depth imaging
- hypothyroidism
- intraocular pressure
- optical coherence tomography
- A pattern
- disc foveal angle
- intorsion
- superior oblique split lengthening
- Blind schools
- cataract
- corneal scar
- hereditary diseases
- ocular morbidity
- prevention of blindness
- Intraocular lens dislocation
- ocular trauma
- pseudophacocele
- subconjunctival hemorrhage
- Acrochordons
- fibro-epithelial polyps
- fibroma
- giant soft fibroma
- skin tags
- Ascher′s syndrome
- blepharochalasis
- double upper lip
- Laffer-Ascher′s syndrome
- nontoxic goiter
- Evaluation of Google
- information on internet
- medical information
- patient counseling
- patient information
- web content
