Evaluation of criteria for assessing health websites
Table 3: Top-10 specific health website assessment criteria
Total number of criteria sets = 22
Code
Criteria Description
Number
Percent
6.1
Does the site say who owns or pays for or created it?
17
77%
3.2
Conflict of interest, bias, disclosure of sponsorship, funding sources
14
64%
2.2
Navigability, logical organization
13
59%
6.6.3
Does the site indicate when it was last updated?
13
59%
1.1
Purpose/Mission/Scope: Does site state its purpose?
12
55%
1.2
Audience: Does the site state its intended audience?
12
55%
4.2.2
Author's credentials
12
55%
4.4
For reports of facts does site give source of specific information?
12
55%
3.1
Editorial policy, site evaluation process, peer review process
10
46%
7.1
Does the site link to other sites as sources of health information?
10
46%
9.3
Disclaimers, privacy policy, sponsorship, advertising policy
10
46%
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