Quality of information sources about mental disorders: a comparison of Wikipedia with centrally controlled web and printed sources
Quality of information sources about mental disorders: a comparison of Wikipedia with centrally controlled web and printed sources
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DOI：
10.1017/s003329171100287x
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发表时间：
2012-08-01
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Jorm, A. F.
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作者：
Reavley, N. J.;Mackinnon, A. J.;Jorm, A. F.
背景虽然互联网上的心理健康信息往往质量很差，但人们对维基百科等涉及参与性信息共享的网站的质量知之甚少。本文的目的是探讨维基百科上用户贡献的心理健康相关信息的质量，并将其与集中控制的信息源进行比较。从14个经常访问的网站（包括维基百科），提供有关抑郁症和精神分裂症的信息，大英百科全书和精神病学教科书中提取了10个精神健康相关主题的内容。专家们根据以下标准对内容进行了评级：准确性、最新性、覆盖范围、参考性和可读性。根据主题，资源之间的评级差异很大。在所有的主题，维基百科是最高的评价，在所有领域，除了可读性。维基百科上关于抑郁症和精神分裂症的信息质量通常与中央控制的网站、大英百科全书和精神病学教科书提供的信息质量一样好，甚至更好。
Background. Although mental health information on the internet is often of poor quality, relatively little is known about the quality of websites, such as Wikipedia, that involve participatory information sharing. The aim of this paper was to explore the quality of user-contributed mental health-related information on Wikipedia and compare this with centrally controlled information sources.Method. Content on 10 mental health-related topics was extracted from 14 frequently accessed websites (including Wikipedia) providing information about depression and schizophrenia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and a psychiatry textbook. The content was rated by experts according to the following criteria: accuracy, up-to-dateness, breadth of coverage, referencing and readability.Results. Ratings varied significantly between resources according to topic. Across all topics, Wikipedia was the most highly rated in all domains except readability.Conclusions. The quality of information on depression and schizophrenia on Wikipedia is generally as good as, or better than, that provided by centrally controlled websites, Encyclopaedia Britannica and a psychiatry textbook.