Accuracy and self correction of information received from an internet breast cancer list: content analysis
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OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of false or misleading statements in messages posted by internet cancer support groups and whether these statements were identified as false or misleading and corrected by other participants in subsequent postings. DESIGN: Analysis of content of postings. SETTING: Internet cancer support group Breast Cancer Mailing List. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Number of false or misleading statements posted from 1 January to 23 April 2005 and whether these were identified and corrected by participants in subsequent postings. RESULTS: 10 of 4600 postings (0.22%) were found to be false or misleading. Of these, seven were identified as false or misleading by other participants and corrected within an average of four hours and 33 minutes (maximum, nine hours and nine minutes). CONCLUSIONS: Most posted information on breast cancer was accurate. Most false or misleading statements were rapidly corrected by participants in subsequent postings.
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- Authors
- Esquivel, A., Meric-Bernstam, F., & Bernstam, E. V.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bernstam, Elmer V
- ORCID
- Bernstam, Elmer V
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2006-03-02
- Volume
- 332
- Issue
- 7547
- Pages
- 939-942
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0959-8138
- 1468-5833
- PMC
- PMC1444809
- OpenAlex
- W2047208377
- Cited by
- 216
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 29 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 14
- FWCI
- 26.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Digital Commons-TMC (Texas Medical Center) (submittedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5k22lm008306-03)
- National Cancer Institute (1K08CA91895)
- U.S. National Library of Medicine (5K22LM008306)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Social Sciences › Health › Social Media in Health Education
- Keywords
- breast cancer, mailing lists, misinformation, self-correction, peer correction, online health information
- MeSH terms
- Breast Neoplasms, Female, Humans, Information Services, Self-Help Groups, Patient Satisfaction, Internet, Electronic Mail
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