Quality component scoring system
| Criteria | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Ownership | ||
| No indication of ownership/sponsorship | 0 | |
| Ownership/sponsorship clearly stated | 1 | |
| Purpose grading | ||
| No statement of purpose | 0 | |
| Purpose stated as educational but the financial profit from use of the site exists | 1 | |
| Distinction is made as to whether the information provided is for commercial purposes or educational purposes, or both | 2 | |
| Authorship | ||
| No indication of authorship | 0 | |
| All other indications of authorship | 1 | |
| Name of person(s) supplying information clearly provided | 2 | |
| Author qualification grading | ||
| Author has no officially recognised experience in the field or no such information is provided | 0 | |
| Information about the author’s professional qualification is vague, or if the author has no professional experience but has direct personal experience (ROP patient) | 1 | |
| If author is a healthcare professional | 2 | |
| Attribution | ||
| No references provided for requiring statements | 0 | |
| References are provided for some, but not all, statements requiring factual information | 1 | |
| Attribution for all statements conveying factual information is present | 2 | |
| Interactivity | ||
| No contact provided | 0 | |
| Telephone number, email, or mailing address provided | 1 | |
| Clear invitation to comment or ask questions by an email address or link to a form | 2 | |
| Currency | ||
| No date provided | 0 | |
| Date of original posting provided, but no information about the date of last revisal or frequency of updates | 1 | |
| Date of original posting and date of last revisal or frequency of updates clearly stated | 2 |