Section | SECTION 1 Is the publication reliable? | SECTION 2 How good is the quality of information on treatment choices? | SECTION 3 Overall Rating of the Publication | HONcode Search | ||||||||||||||||
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DISCERN Question | 1. Are the aims clear? | 2. Does it achieve its aims? | 3. Is it relevant? | 4. Is it clear what sources of information were used to compile the publication (other than the author or producer)? | 5. Is it clear when the information used or reported in the publication was produced? | 6. Is it balanced and unbiased? | 7. Does it provide details of additional sources of support and information? | 8. Does it refer to areas of uncertainty? | 9. Does it describe how each treatment works? | 10.Does it describe the benefits of each treatment? | 11. Does it describe the risks of each treatment? | 12. Does it describe what would happen if no treatment is used? | 13. Does it describe how the treatment choices affect overall quality of life? | 14. Is it clear that there may be more than one possible treatment choice? | 15. Does it provide support for shared decision-making? | 16. Based on the answers to all of the above questions, rate the overall quality of the publication as a source of information about treatment choices | Standard Deviation of Overall Score (Q16) | DISCERN Score (Sum of Q1-Q15) | Is it certified by HONcode (yes/no) | |
Mayo Clinic | 5.00 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.64 | 0.05 | 69.50 | Yes | |
UpToDate | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.64 | 0.05 | 69.50 | Yes | |
Medical News Today | 4.50 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 0.14 | 67.50 | Yes | |
Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 4.50 | 3.00 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 4.47 | 0.00 | 67.00 | No | |
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.47 | 0.09 | 67.00 | No | |
St. Luke’s Hospital | 3.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 4.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.43 | 0.14 | 66.00 | No | |
WebMD | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 4.50 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.37 | 0.05 | 65.50 | Yes | |
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health University of Wisconsin | 4.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 5.00 | 3.50 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.37 | 0.05 | 65.50 | No | |
Arthritis Health | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 3.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.30 | 0.14 | 64.50 | Yes | |
Everyday Health | 4.50 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 3.50 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.14 | 0.09 | 62.00 | Yes | |
Healthline | 4.50 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 3.50 | 1.50 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.10 | 0.04 | 61.50 | Yes | |
Practical Pain Management | 4.50 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 3.50 | 5.00 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.10 | 0.24 | 61.50 | Yes | |
Spine Universe | 4.50 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 2.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 3.50 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.03 | 0.14 | 60.50 | Yes | |
National Health Service United Kingdom | 4.50 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 5.00 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.10 | 0.14 | 60.00 | No | |
Arthritis Society | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 2.00 | 1.50 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.97 | 0.05 | 59.50 | No | |
The Chalkboard Mag | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 1.50 | 3.50 | 4.50 | 1.50 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.97 | 0.05 | 59.50 | No | |
Arthritis Foundation | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 3.00 | 2.5.00 | 3.00 | 2.50 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 3.50 | 1.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.87 | 0.09 | 58.00 | No | |
BMI Healthcare | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 4.50 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 1.50 | 3.50 | 5.00 | 1.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.84 | 0.05 | 57.50 | No | |
Versus Arthritis | 4.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.80 | 0.00 | 57.00 | No | |
Nursing Times | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 1.50 | 5.00 | 1.00 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 2.00 | 1.50 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 3.77 | 0.14 | 56.50 | No | |
Arthritis Australia | 5.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.74 | 0.09 | 56.00 | Yes | |
Praana | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 1.50 | 3.00 | 1.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 3.74 | 0.09 | 56.00 | No | |
Arthritis South Australia | 5.00 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.70 | 0.04 | 55.50 | No | |
Health | 5.00 | 4.50 | 3.50 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.44 | 0.05 | 51.50 | No | |
Markham Integrative Medicine | 3.50 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 3.44 | 0.23 | 51.50 | No | |
American College of Rheumatology | 4.50 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.37 | 0.05 | 50.50 | No | |
HealthLink British Columbia | 4.50 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 2.00 | 3.50 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.34 | 0.19 | 50.00 | No | |
University of Wisconsin-Madison Health | 5.00 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 2.00 | 3.50 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.34 | 0.19 | 50.00 | No | |
Creaky Joints | 4.50 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.27 | 0.19 | 49.00 | No | |
Consumer Reports | 5.00 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 2.50 | 4.00 | 2.50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.30 | 0.04 | 48.50 | No | |
Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges | 5.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 2.50 | 3.17 | 0.05 | 47.50 | No | |
Integrative Medicine Center of Western Colorado | 5.00 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 3.50 | 4.50 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 3.10 | 0.14 | 46.50 | No | |
Philadelphia Integrative Medicine | 4.50 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 1.50 | 4.00 | 2.50 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 2.50 | 2.97 | 0.05 | 44.50 | No | |
Zanjabee | 4.00 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 2.94 | 0.19 | 44.00 | No | |
Center for Holistic Medicine | 4.00 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 1.50 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 2.90 | 0.04 | 43.50 | No | |
Integrated Medical Solutions of Knoxville | 3.50 | 3.00 | 3.50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 1.50 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 2.67 | 0.19 | 40.00 | No | |
Dr. Weil | 4.50 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 1.50 | 5.00 | 1.50 | 2.53 | 0.00 | 38.00 | No | |
Robert Schad Naturopathic Clinic | 3.00 | 3.50 | 2.50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 3.50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 2.14 | 0.09 | 32.00 | No | |
TOTAL Means | 4.53 | 4.08 | 4.09 | 2.76 | 3.12 | 3.26 | 3.62 | 4.08 | 3.30 | 4.38 | 2.78 | 2.92 | 3.16 | 4.91 | 4.54 | 3.71 | 0.10 | 55.53 | ||
TOTAL Standard Deviations | 0.56 | 0.90 | 0.73 | 1.51 | 1.47 | 1.16 | 1.39 | 1.54 | 0.97 | 0.72 | 1.13 | 1.54 | 1.33 | 0.28 | 0.98 | 0.63 | 0.07 | 9.37 |