EVALUATION OF READABILITY AND RELIABILITY OF TURKISH WEBSITES ON LOW BACK PAIN

• DOI: 10.33713/egetbd.1444781
• Publication Date: 2024-04-29T09:09:59Z
• Authors: Emine Akdere; Savaş Karpuz; Ramazan Yılmaz; Halim Yılmaz; İbrahim Solak

OBJECTIVE: In this study, we investigated the readability and of Turkish websites containing information about low back pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS: February 2022, a search was performed by typing word "low pain" into Google's engine (https://www.google.com). Commercial websites, advertising sites, chat forum magazine sites only images or videos, with fewer than 10 sentences were excluded from study. Reliability scores calculated using mean syllable count, number words 4 more syllables, Ateşman's Bezirci-Yılmaz's for readability, JAMA, DISCERN. RESULTS: The syllables 2.78 (1.68-3.20) 3.74 (0.36-6.31), respectively. Ateşman, Bezirci-Yılmaz, 56.10 (29.77-100.00) 12.80 (1.88-20.01), respectively, JAMA DISCERN reliability 1.06 (0-2) 43.00 (26.00-67.00), CONCLUSION: As result it found that quality, texts on pain are at very level.