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Wikipedia and Osteosarcoma: a Trustworthy Patients' Information?
Authors
Andreas Leithner
Werner Maurer-Ertl
Mathias Glehr
Joerg Friesenbichler
Katharina Leithner
R. Windhager
Publication date
2010
DOI
10.1136/jamia.2010.004507
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Wikipedia and Osteosarcoma: a Trustworthy Patients' Information? - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2010, written by Andreas Leithner, Werner Maurer-Ertl, Mathias Glehr, Joerg Friesenbichler, Katharina Leithner and R. Windhager.

Overview

The English version of the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, has been recently reported to be the prominent source of online health information. However, there is little information concerning the quality of information found in Wikipedia. Therefore, authors created a questionnaire asking for scope, completeness, and accuracy of information found on osteosarcoma. Three independent observers tested the English version of Wikipedia, as well as the patient version and the health professional version of the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) website. Answers were verified with authoritative resources and international guidelines. The results of study demonstrate that the quality of osteosarcoma-related information found in the English Wikipedia is good but inferior to the patient information provided by the NCI. Therefore, non-peer-reviewed commonly used websites offering health information, such as Wikipedia, should include links to more definitive sources, such as those maintained by the NCI and professional international organizations on healthcare treatments. Furthermore, frequent checks should make sure such external links are to the highest quality and to the best-maintained aggregate sites on a given healthcare topic.

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Leithner, Andreas; Maurer-Ertl, Werner; Glehr, Mathias; Friesenbichler, Joerg; Leithner, Katharina; Windhager, R.. (2010). "[[Wikipedia and Osteosarcoma: a Trustworthy Patients' Information?]]". The Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2010.004507.

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Leithner, Andreas; Maurer-Ertl, Werner; Glehr, Mathias; Friesenbichler, Joerg; Leithner, Katharina; Windhager, R.. (2010). &quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Wikipedia_and_Osteosarcoma:_a_Trustworthy_Patients'_Information?">Wikipedia and Osteosarcoma: a Trustworthy Patients' Information?</a>&quot;. The Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2010.004507.