Development and testing of the health information website evaluation tool on neck pain websites - An analysis of reliability, validity, and utility.

Objective: Online health information contributes to patient education and knowledge on disease management. The aims of this study were to design the Health Information Website Evaluation Tool (HIWET) to evaluate the quality of online information, and to investigate the reliability, validity, and utility of HIWET.

Methods: HIWET was developed by a literature search and small-scale pilot testing.