[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.
Coquard
Olivier
O
Département de psychiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire du Canton de Vaud, Lausanne Suisse.
Fernandez
Sebastien
S
Khazaal
Yasser
Y
D000437:Alcoholism; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007803:Language Arts