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. 2004 Jun 29;6(2):e21. doi: 10.2196/jmir.6.2.e21

Table 2.

Compliance of CAM Web sites with technical quality criteria. Criteria are also grouped into 5 categories (in bold). Values are counts (percentages)

Quality criteria Number of Web sites (%)
Authority
Disclosure of authorship 41 (27)
Author's credentials disclosed 17 (11)
Credentials of physicians disclosed 2 (1)
Author's affiliation disclosed 17 (11)
Transparency and Honesty
Sources clear 100 (67)
General disclosures 147 (98)
References provided 54 (36)
Disclosure of ownership 144 (96)
Currency/ Updating of information
Date of creation disclosed 31 (21)
Date of last update disclosed 21 (14)
Date of creation or update disclosed 49 (33)
Editorial Policy
Editorial review process 9 (6)
Others
Internal search engine present 78 (52)
Feedback mechanism 132 (88)
Copyright notice 105 (70)