Quality of Publicly Available Information About Urinary Tract Infections

Viktoria Schmitz; Zoe Troubh; Michael Durkin; Kevin Hsueh; Katheryn Ney; Brian D Carpenter; Shinbee Waldron; Mary C Politi; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.44988

Quality of Publicly Available Information About Urinary Tract Infections

JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 4;7(11):e2444988. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.44988.

Authors

Viktoria Schmitz¹, Zoe Troubh¹, Michael Durkin², Kevin Hsueh², Katheryn Ney², Brian D Carpenter³, Shinbee Waldron³, Mary C Politi¹; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program

Affiliations

¹ Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri.
³ Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri.

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines the content and quality of information about urinary tract infections and asymptomatic bacteriuria on publicly available websites.