پديد آورندگان :
شهرزادي، ليلا نويسنده Lecturer,Medical Library and Information Science, Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , , مجيري، شهين نويسنده MA, Knowledge & Information Sciences, Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan , , زاهدي، راضيه نويسنده MA, Medical library and information Science, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , , جنتيان، سيما نويسنده PhD Student, Psychology , Faculty of Psychology and Education, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran , , اشرفي ريزي، حسن نويسنده Associate Professor, Knowledge & Information Sciences, Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran , , شهرزادي، زينب نويسنده MSc, Information systems managements, Foolad Institute of Technology, Isfahan, Iran , , طاهري، بهجت نويسنده MSc, Scientometrics, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran (Correspondence Author) ,
چكيده لاتين :
Abstract
Introduction: Many people are looking for information about anxiety disorders on the Internet. These
disorders impair quality of life and increase risk of various diseases. Therefore it is necessary to evaluate
the web-based information about these problems and to introduce the authentic websites for essential
information. The purpose of this study was to evaluate quality of Persian anxiety disorders websites based
on WebMedQual scale.
Methods: This study is a survey and applied studies. In order to collect data, WebMedQual scale was
used that localized by librarian, psychology and website designer experts. The population of this study
consisted of 15 Persian anxiety disorders websites (anxiety and obsessive). Maximum and minimum
points were 82 and 0 for each websites and Mean points was 41.5. In order to analyze the data used singlesample
T-test in SPSS 20 software and findings were presented as mean and optimal score.
Results: Based on WebMedQual scale the average ratings of Persian anxiety disorders websites in the
content (7.40±2.18), authority of source (5.10±2.11), accessibility and availability 2.23±0.37), links
(1.37±1.09), and user support (4.57±1.33) and confidentiality and privacy (3.07±2.95) indicators is poor
and below average. But in design indicator (9.27±1.29) is higher than average. The best websites of
Anxiety Disorders were "Iran Clinical Psychology Association" and "Ravanyar "and the worst website
was "yek Frakav".
Conclusion: According to results it is essential for users to criticize website content and do not trust it
without credit standards of sources.
Keywords: Evaluation; Anxiety Disorders; Internet.