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    Study: Most Health Info on Wikipedia Inaccurate - myChamplainValley.com
    ▻http://www.mychamplainvalley.com/story/d/story/study-most-health-info-on-wikipedia-inaccurate/98868/aWRYbbZ3OEKQsiAgErdLfg

    The study, just published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, tested the reliability of the crowd-sourced entries on the Wikipedia page.

    Researchers looked at the ten most costly medical conditions in the country, like lung cancer, back pain and osteoarthritis.

    They found the Wikipedia entries contradict medical research for peer-reviewed journals, a whopping 90 percent of the time. Information on nine out of the ten entries had errors.

    But it’s not just those of us at home who are using it. The study also found that 47 percent to 70 percent of physicians and medical students use it as a reference.

    So, not surprisingly, the researchers conclude caution should be used when using websites, for any medical questions.

    #selon_une_étude_récente

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      L’article original est en libre accès. Après avoir traité de discordance dans la description de la méthodologie :

      Wikipedia vs Peer-Reviewed Medical Literature for Information About the 10 Most Costly Medical Conditions
      ▻http://www.jaoa.org/content/114/5/368.full.pdf+html

      We used a Webbased randomizer (www.random.org) to assign the selected Wikipedia articles to each reviewer. Reviewers were asked to identify every assertion (ie, implication or statement of fact) in the Wikipedia article and to factcheck each assertion against a peer-reviewed source that was published or updated within the past 5 years. Reviewers were sent an e-mail containing examples of assertions (eg, “diuretics are the initial drug of choice for essential hypertension without co-morbidities”). The authors instructed the reviewers to use UpToDate (www.uptodate.com) as the initial means by which to search for peer-reviewed sources. If UpToDate did not produce adequate results, then each reviewer was instructed to use PubMed (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed), Google Scholar (scholar.google.com/), or a search engine of their choice. Each reviewer then reported concordance or discordance between Wikipedia and the peer-reviewed sources.

      Il introduit le mot error dans la conclusion

      Most Wikipedia articles for the 10 costliest conditions in the United States contain errors compared with standard peer-reviewed sources. Health care professionals, trainees, and patients should use caution when using Wikipedia to answer questions regarding patient care.
      Our findings reinforce the idea that physicians and medical students who currently use Wikipedia as a medical reference should be discouraged from doing so because of the potential for errors.

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      L’éditorial du journal traite de cet article. Après en avoir rappelé quelques limites, il conclut :

      Wikipedia : Proceed With Caution
      ▻http://www.jaoa.org/content/114/5/334.full.pdf+html

      Wikipedia has a place in literature searching, but it is best used as a starting point rather than an ending point

      Et s’intéresse surtout à son utilisation par le corps médical.

      Would I want my physician to consult Wikipedia about my condition? No. Physicians and medical students, spend your time consulting a credible, peer reviewed, evidence-based resource. And if you do not know how to do this, let your reference librarian teach you.

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