Are health websites credible enough for elderly self-education in the most prevalent elderly diseases?
Saeideh Valizadeh-HaghiShahabedin RahmatizadehAli SoleimaninejadSeyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi ShiraziParisa MollaeiPublished in: BMC medical informatics and decision making (2021)
Regarding the poor credibility of most prevalent elderly diseases' websites, the potential online health information users should be aware of the low credibility of such websites, which may seriously threaten their health. Furthermore, educating the elderly and their caregivers to evaluate the credibility of websites by the use of popular tools such as HONcode of conducts before utilizing their information seems to be necessary.