Podcasts represent a new source of information for patients and families dealing with prostate cancer, but no studies have been conducted evaluating the quality of information in them. Evaluating for: (1) quality based on the validated DISCERN criteria, (2) understandability and actionability based on the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT), (3) misinformation, and (4) commercial bias, we concluded that podcasts are currently not good sources of information for lay health consumers.
Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases. 2023 Jul 25 [Epub ahead of print]
Colin Scott, Peter Campbell, Amy Nemirovsky, Stacy Loeb, Rena Malik
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. ., University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA., University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA., New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.