João Marecos, Duarte Tude Graça, Francisco Goiana-da-Silva, H. Ashrafian, A. Darzi
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Abstract
In the context of increasing online health misinformation, several new approaches have been deployed to reduce the spread and increase the quality of information consumed. This systematic review examines how source credibility labels and other nudging interventions impact online health information choices. PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched for studies that present empirical evidence on the impact of interventions designed to affect online health-information-seeking behavior. Results are mixed: some interventions, such as content labels identifying misinformation or icon arrays displaying information, proved capable of impacting behavior in a particular context. In contrast, other reviewed strategies around signaling the source’s credibility have failed to produce significant effects in the tested circumstances. The field of literature is not large enough to draw meaningful conclusions, suggesting that future research should explore how differences in design, method, application, and sources may affect the impact of these interventions and how they can be leveraged to combat the spread of online health misinformation.
在网上健康误导信息日益增多的情况下,人们采用了一些新方法来减少信息传播并提高信息质量。本系统综述研究了来源可信度标签和其他引导性干预措施如何影响在线健康信息的选择。我们在 PubMed、Embase、Scopus 和 Web of Science 上搜索了有关旨在影响在线健康信息搜索行为的干预措施影响的实证研究。结果喜忧参半:一些干预措施,如识别错误信息的内容标签或显示信息的图标阵列,被证明能够在特定情况下对行为产生影响。与此相反,其他经审查的关于提示信息来源可信度的策略在测试环境下未能产生显著效果。该领域的文献还不够多,无法得出有意义的结论,这表明未来的研究应该探索设计、方法、应用和来源方面的差异会如何影响这些干预措施的效果,以及如何利用这些干预措施打击网络健康误导信息的传播。