Evaluating the reliability and readability of online information on osteoporosis

ABSTRACT Objective: Internet usage for obtaining health-related information is widely popular among patients. However, there are still concerns about the reliability and comprehensibility of online information. The purpose of this study is to investigate the reliability and readability of osteoporosis-related websites. Materials and methods: On April 2, 2020, we searched the term “osteoporosis” on Google (https://www.google.com). We evaluated the first 200 uniform resource locators (URLs) in the query results regarding typology, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) scor...