title: [Evaluation of the quality of information about pregnancy found in webpages according to the Peruvian guidelines].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study is to evaluate the information quality about pregnancy symptoms in Spanish available in the internet.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is an analytic, cross-sectional study. In order to evaluate the selected websites, we used a methodology previously validated by Curró et al. The websites were selected from Google, MSN.com and Yahoo.com. The quality evaluation included three components: medical contents, accountability and usability of the website. The medical content was compared with the data available in the national guidelines for Comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health, from the Peruvian Ministry of Health.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ninety nine websites in Spanish were evaluated. From them, 26.3% had medium adherence to the gold standard document. In 37.4% the websites were of low quality. A total of 24.2% were blogs, they were associated (as a protrective factor) to sites of poor quality (OR: 0.1, 95% CI: 0.02 to 0.5).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of websites in Spanish related to pregnancy symptoms have low quality. These findings indicate the need to properly educate patients and general public, and a critical evaluation of the information quality found at the Internet as well.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.
authors.forename: Rodrigo M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Carrillo-Larco
authors.forename: José E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Pérez-Lu
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alvarado-Vásquez
authors.forename: Walter H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Curioso
mesh_terms: D054626:Consumer Health Information / Q000592:standards*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010568:Peru; D011247:Pregnancy