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Quality of Health Information on the Internet
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To the Editor: Dr Berland and colleagues1 found that online health information is frequently geared toward well educated users, with all the English-language Web sites in their study requiring high school reading levels or higher. These results are of concern because many patients seek information on the Internet. Chronically ill patients with lower levels of education may be harmed the most by the 55% of Web sites Berland et al found to be incomplete or inaccurate.
We have studied Internet use by 259 low-income men and women with HIV/AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). This group was 74% black and had a median (range) age of 39 (22-69) years. Median (range) time living with HIV/AIDS was 7 (<1-18) years, and their median (range) CD4 cell count was 256/µL (3-1177/µL); 69% had been diagnosed with AIDS. These individuals were recruited by community referral and outreach to all infectious disease clinics and . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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