Shaping an Effective Health Information Website on Rare Diseases Using a Group Decision-Making Tool: Inclusion of the Perspectives of Patients, Their Family Members, and Physicians.
Ana BabacSvenja LitzkendorfKatharina SchmidtFrédéric PauerKathrin DammMartin FrankJ-Matthias Graf von der SchulenburgPublished in: Interactive journal of medical research (2017)
Our results offer a clear-cut information structure that can transparently translate group decisions into practice. Furthermore, we found different preference structures for rare disease information among patients, family members, and physicians. Some websites already address differences in comprehension between those subgroups. Similar to pharmaceutical companies, health information providers on rare diseases should also acknowledge different information needs to improve the accessibility of information.