An Evaluation of the Quality of Consumer Health Information on Wikipedia

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An Evaluation of the Quality of Consumer Health Information on Wikipedia
Authors
Daren T Nicholson
Publication date
2006
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An Evaluation of the Quality of Consumer Health Information on Wikipedia - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2006, written by Daren T Nicholson.

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Background Wikipedia is a multilingual, open-content, online encyclopedia that exists as a wiki. It is written collaboratively by people with varying degrees of expertise. Indeed, anyone who can access Wikipedia's Web site may alter any of its content. Wikipedia contains a significant number of articles on health-related topics, but the quality of this information is unknown. Purpose of the Study The accuracy and completeness of the information on Wikipedia is intuitively circumspect since experts and non-experts alike may contribute to the site's content. Thus, the intent of my research was to systematically evaluate the accuracy and completeness of a sample of health-related articles on Wikipedia. Methodology Author selected a previously published methodology for use in my study. The advantage of this choice is that Author could use the results from that study as control data for my evaluation of Wikipedia. As an additional control, Author evaluated the content of the Healthwise® knowledge base (a collection of consumer health articles that is esteemed by many health professionals for its high-quality). The articles reviewed concerned the following four health topics: breast cancer, childhood asthma, depression, and obesity. Evaluation criteria were defined a priori. For each health topic, several key elements (totaling 100 across all four topics) were identified as desirable components of the content. A panel of health professionals and consumer advocates developed this list of elements.

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