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Sep 6, 2024 · The overall completeness of drug information in Wikipedia was 83.8±1.5% (p<0.001).” They concluded that “Wikipedia is an accurate and comprehensive source of drug-related information for undergraduate medical education.”
Sep 24, 2014 · The overall completeness of drug information in Wikipedia was 83.8±1.5% (p<0.001). Completeness varied in-between categories, and was lowest in the category “pharmacokinetics” (68.0%±4.2%; p<0.001) and highest in the category “indication” (91.3%±2.0%) when compared to the textbook data overlap.
- Jona Kräenbring, Tika Monzon Penza, Joanna Gutmann, Susanne Muehlich, Oliver Zolk, Leszek Wojnowski,...
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0106930
- 2014
- PLoS One. 2014; 9(9): e106930.
How complete, accurate, and reliable is the drug information that Americans retrieve from Wikipedia? The question is important because 74% of American adults look online for health information [ 1 ], and Wikipedia is the 7th-most visited site on the web [ 2 ].
- Natalie Kupferberg, Bridget McCrate Protus
- 10.3163/1536-5050.99.4.010
- 2011
- J Med Libr Assoc. 2011 Oct; 99(4): 310-313.
Sep 24, 2014 · Quantitative analysis revealed that accuracy of drug information in Wikipedia was 99.7% ± 0.2% when compared to the textbook data. The overall completeness of drug information in Wikipedia was 83.8 ± 1.5% (p < 0.001).
- Jona Kräenbring, Tika Monzon Penza, Joanna Gutmann, Susanne Muehlich, Oliver Zolk, Leszek Wojnowski,...
- 2014
Mar 1, 2017 · The primary objective of this study was to determine the accuracy and completeness of drug information on Wikipedia and Micromedex compared with U.S. Food and Drug Administration–approved U.S. product inserts.
- Timothy Reilly, William Jackson, Victoria Berger, Danielle Candelario
- 2017
Jan 1, 2007 · Quantitative analysis revealed that accuracy of drug information in Wikipedia was 99.7%±0.2% when compared to the textbook data.
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Results: Wikipedia was able to answer significantly fewer drug information questions (40.0%) compared with MDR (82.5%; p <0.001). Wikipedia performed poorly regarding information on dosing,...
