Sheridan GA, O’Brien C, Masri BA, Duncan CP, Garbuz DS. Revision total hip arthroplasty: An analysis of the quality and readability of information on the internet. World J Orthop 2020; 11(2): 82-89 [PMID: 32190552 DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v11.i2.82]
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Gerard Anthony Sheridan, MCh, FRCS, Surgeon, Orthopaedic Surgeon-specialist resident, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, British Columbia, Canada. sheridga@tcd.ie
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Orthopedics
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Minireviews
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World J Orthop. Feb 18, 2020; 11(2): 82-89 Published online Feb 18, 2020. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v11.i2.82
Revision total hip arthroplasty: An analysis of the quality and readability of information on the internet
Gerard Anthony Sheridan, Carl O’Brien, Bassam A Masri, Clive P Duncan, Donald S Garbuz
Gerard Anthony Sheridan, Carl O’Brien, Bassam A Masri, Clive P Duncan, Donald S Garbuz, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, British Columbia, Canada
Author contributions: Sheridan GA designed the research, performed the research, analyzed the data, and wrote the paper; O’Brien C collected data and analyzed data; Masri BA analyzed the data and wrote the paper; Duncan CP contributed to the writing of the paper; Garbuz DS designed the research and wrote the paper.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Gerard Anthony Sheridan, MCh, FRCS, Surgeon, Orthopaedic Surgeon-specialist resident, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, British Columbia, Canada. sheridga@tcd.ie
Received: July 12, 2019 Peer-review started: July 19, 2019 First decision: September 21, 2019 Revised: October 21, 2019 Accepted: November 28, 2019 Article in press: November 28, 2019 Published online: February 18, 2020 Processing time: 222 Days and 8.5 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Information related to revision total hip arthroplasty (THA) on the internet is of generally poor quality and seems to be of lower quality than information relating to primary THA on the internet. Only 28% of websites had ‘good’ quality information as determined by both the validated DISCERN score and the novel revision THA-specific Vancouver Revision Arthroplasty Information score. We recommend that patients use governmental websites as these are the most readable on the internet. We also recommend the use of health information websites as these were of the highest quality overall. Academic websites should be avoided as sources of patient information given their advanced readability and overall lack of patient-relevant content relating to revision THA.
