The patient education and information about any disease largely depend upon on World Wide Web content now a days. It is easy to obtain and economical as compare to print media. Now a days, due to ease of availability of internet, patients, doctor, health professionals and family member move towards websites but it is not necessary that information available is appropriate so it is necessary to evaluate for its reliability and quality. Objective of this study was to evaluate the web-based HIV/AIDS patient education material for well-accepted evaluation criteria and core education concepts. Out of 118 web-sites retrieved from meta search engine, 30 sites themselves provide patient information and so considered for evaluation. Considerable variability in quality of HIV/AIDS education websites was found with respect to core educational concepts and HONcode. Inclusion of evidence-based medicine concepts, role of family support, and enhancement in customized content and easier feedback mechanism in the web-sites can be a signi?cant development in the direction of patient-centered AIDS care. Finally we suggest some top websites which provide quality muscular dystrophy patient education.
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