Table 1

25 Selected sites and their overall scores

Website; URLDeveloper/originDISCERN Totalscore - 75Quality checklist, % yesReadability (grade level)
Fibromyalgia Treatment Center36; http://www.fibromyalgiatreatment.com/Fibromyalgia Treatment Center, Inc/USA22807
Fibromyalgia Network37; http://www.fmnetnews.com/Not specified/USA38608
Medline Plus38; http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplusNational Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health/USA40808
Women's Health Matters39; http://www.womenshealthmatters.caWomen's College Hospital and the Women's College Research Institute/Canada46808
Body and Health40; http://bodyandhealth.canada.comMediResource/Canada27309
The Environmental Illness Resource41; http://www.ei-resource.org/Matthew Hogg/UK32709
Fibromyalgia Support42; http://www.fibromyalgia-support.orgGlobal Healing Center/USA28909
FM-CFS Canada43; http://fm-cfs.ca/fm.htmlFM-CFS Canada/Canada55809
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; http://en.wikipedia.org44Wikimedia Foundation, Inc/USA408010
Canadian Women's Health Network45; http://www.cwhn.caThe Canadian Women's Health Network and the Centres of Excellence for Women's Health/Canada346010
MedicineNet.com46; http://www.medicinenet.comMedicineNet, Inc/USA458010
Fibromyalgia Symptoms47; http://www.fibromyalgia-symptoms.org/http://www.fibromyalgiasymptoms.org/Not specified464010
About.com48; http://chronicfatigue.about.comThe New York Times Company/USA469010
Women and Fibromyalgia49; http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/Book written by Barbara Keddy/Canada236010
National Fibromyalgia Partnership50; http://www.fmpartnership.org/The National Fibromyalgia Partnership, Inc/not specified506010
Fibromyalgia Chronic Fatigue51; http://www.chronicfatigue.org/Clymer Healing Center/USA215010
Autoimmunity Research Foundation52; http://autoimmunityresearch.org/Autoimmunity Research Foundation/USA247011
Fibromyalgia Information53; http://fibromyalgia.ncf.ca/Woman to Woman Computing/Canada529011
Ontario Fibromyalgia Association54; http://www.hwcn.org/∼aq226/ (no longer active)Not specified/Canada234011
NIAMS55; http://www.niams.nih.govNational Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases/USA4910011
Fibromyalgia Information Foundation56; http://www.myalgia.com/Oregon Health & Science University/USA519011
Fibrohugs57; http://fibrohugs.com/Ken Euteneier/not specified164012
Mayo Clinic58; http://mayoclinic.com/Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research/USA459013
BC Fibromyalgia Society59; http://www.mefm.bc.caMEFM Societies of BC/Canada287013
Neurology Channel60; http://www.neurologychannel.comHealthcommunities.com, Inc/USA418015
  • The list is based on lowest to highest readability scores.