Özet:

The purpose is to evaluate the quality, content, availability and readability of information sources available on the Internet for fibromyalgia patients. Tools and Methods: In the study of the identifying type, a total of 80 websites related to fibromyalgia were included. In the assessment, Ateşman’s Flech readability formula, the DISCERN guide and the Website Availability Scale were used. Results: 28.8% of their websites were corporate, 2.5% (2) associate, 53.8% (43) personal, 3.8% (3) commercial, 11.3% (9) media bodies. The most mentioned symptoms were 97.5% (78) pain and the least mentioned symptoms were 2.5% (3) loss of libido. The most mentioned treatment was 82.5% (66) with medical treatment and 76.3% (61) with exercise. The media of the readability score of the general websites of Firefish Flesch is 55,55 [minimum (min): 21, maximum (max): 72,4), the media of the DISCERN score is 30 (min: 20, max: 56), the media of the Website Availability Scale is 100 (min: 88, max: 119). Result: This study has shown that the content of the Turkish websites that provide information to patients related to FM is weak, the quality is low, the readability is difficult and the availability level is high.