Table 1: Distribution of the sites analyzed according to descriptors used in the searches and the quality criteria of the American Medical Association and Health on the Internet.

 

Oral self- examination (N=19)

Oral self- examination (N=8)

Buccal self-examination (M= 26)

Buccal self-examination (N=11)

Mouth cancer (N=30)

Oral cancer (N=14)

n

%

N

%

N

%

n

%

N

%

n

%

AUTHORITY:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Absent

13

68.4

8

100

24

92.3

10

90.9

26

86.7

13

92.9

Presence

6

31.6

-

-

2

7.7

1

9.10

4

13.3

1

7.1

COMPLEMENTARITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

5

26.3

1

12.5

-

-

 

-

4

13.3

2

14.3

No

2

10.5

3

37.5

1

3.8

3

27.3

11

36.7

6

42.9

Partial

12

63.1

4

50.0

25

96.2

8

72.7

15

50.0

6

42.8

SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

4

21.1

6

75.0

11

42.3

6

54.5

13

43.3

5

35.5

No

9

47.4

2

25.0

12

46.1

4

36.4

 

-

5

35.5

Partial

6

31.6

-

 

3

11.5

1

9.1

6

20.0

4

28.6

CONTENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accurate and complete

8

42.1

3

37.5

8

30.8

5

45.5

13

43.4

1

7.1

PARTIAL: Precise and incomplete

9

47.4

5

62.5

18

69.2

6

54.5

12

40.0

6

42.9

PARTIAL: Inaccurate and complete

1

 

5.3

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

 

3.3

 

1

7.1

Inaccurate and incomplete

1

5.3

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

13.3

6

42.9

AUTHORSHIP:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Absent

11

57.9

4

50.0

19

73.1

7

63.4

22

73.3

7

50.0

Presence

8

42.1

4

50.0

7

26.9

4

36.4

8

26.7

7

50.0

DATE PUBLISHED / UPDATED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Absent

6

31.6

1

12.5

10

38.5

6

 

54.5

 

11

36.7

1

7.1

Presence

13

68.4

7

87.5

16

61.5

5

45.5

19

63.3

13

92.9

Terms used in Portuguese, respectively:autoexame oral, auto-exame oral, autoexame bucal, auto-exame bucal, câncer de boca, câncer oral.