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Author(s) -

Iqra Irfan,

Gazala Akram

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of pharmacy practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42

H-Index - 37

eISSN - 2042-7174

pISSN - 0961-7671

DOI - 10.1111/ijpp.12289

Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine

Websites were grouped according to host categories, (i.e. governmental, professional, commercial and charity) and scored using a bespoke instrument to evaluate the quality of information on melatonin as a sleep aid for children. 26 websites were evaluated against 20 criteria measuring the quality of clinical and physical attributes of the site. Each attribute scored 0, 1 or 2 (max score of 40). The mean (SD) total score was 18.5 (5.6) out of 40. Sites scored poorly for their clinical content [6.6 (3.6) out of 22] but scored more favourably for the physical characteristics [11.7 (2.9) out of 18]. The quality of information about melatonin online is extremely basic and limited

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