[Assessing the quality of French language web sites pertaining to alcohol dependency].
The objective of this article is to systematically assess the quality of web-based information in French language on the alcohol dependence. The authors analysed, using a standardised pro forma, the 20 most highly ranked pages identified by 3 common internet search engines using 2 keywords. Results show that a total of 45 sites were analysed. The authors conclude that the overall quality of the sites was relatively poor, especially for the description of possible treatments, however with a wide variability. Content quality was not correlated with other aspects of quality such as interactivity, aesthetic or accountability.
Département de psychiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire du Canton de Vaud, Lausanne Suisse.
Olivier
O
Coquard
Sebastien
S
Fernandez
Yasser
Y
Khazaal
D000437:Alcoholism; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007803:Language Arts