Popular websites that provide educational information about asthma to patients varied in readability and quality, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
Previous studies assessing the readability and quality of educational material about asthma online have been limited, Amogh Reddy, BS, student at the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, and colleagues wrote.
The researchers searched for “asthma” on Google and included the first 15 sites in their analysis. Next, they compiled information from these sites categorized as general descriptions,