Table 6: Health Professional Ratings of Websites Available for Patient Education (0=Worst, 5=Best)

Website Mean (95% CI)
Arthritis Research UK formerly arc (http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/) 4.14 (3.99-4.29)
National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) (http://www.rheumatoid.org.uk/) 3.97 (3.78-4.15)
National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (NASS) (http://www.nass.co.uk/) 3.80 (3.62-3.98)
National Osteoporosis Society (http://www.nos.org.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=183&srcid=-2) 3.75 (3.55-3.95)
Patient UK (www.patient.co.uk) 3.73 (3.45-4.00)
Arthritis Care (http://www.arthritiscare.org.uk) 3.70 (3.53-3.86)
Lupus UK (http://www.lupusuk.org.uk/) 3.50 (3.31-3.69)
Raynaud’s and Scleroderma Association (http://www.raynauds.org.uk/potioncms/viewer.asp?a=117&z=25)) 3.39 (3.13-3.65)
Scleroderma Society (http://www.sclerodermasociety.co.uk/newsite/index.php) 3.35 (3.06-3.65)
Back Care (http://www.backcare.org.uk/) 3.33 (2.99-3.67)
Vasculitis (http://www.vasculitis-uk.org.uk/) 3.27 (2.93-3.61)
The British Society for Rheumatology (www.rheumatology.org.uk) 3.22 (3.01-3.42)
British Sjogren's Syndrome Association (http://www.bssa.uk.net/) 3.21 (3.01-3.40)
Fibromyalgia Association UK (http://www.fibromyalgia-associationuk.org/) 3.14 (2.88-3.40)
Behcets Syndrome Society (http://www.behcets.org.uk/) 3.13 (2.85-3.41)
Choices - for Families of Children with Arthritis (http://edit.arthritiscare.org.uk/LivingwithArthritis/Youngpeople) 3.09 (2.66-3.51)
Hypermobility Syndrome Association (http://www.hypermobility.org/) 3.09 (2.77-3.41)
British Scoliosis Society (http://www.liv.ac.uk/HumanAnatomy/phd/bss/bss.html) 3.04 (2.74-3.34)
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) (www.nice.org.uk) 3.01 (2.75-3.28)
Ehlers-Danlos Support Group (http://www.ehlers-danlos.org/) 3.00 (2.67-3.23)
Marfan Association UK (http://www.marfan-asssociation.org.uk/) 3.00 (2.66-3.34)
Paget's Association (http://www.paget.org.uk/) 3.00 (2.61-3.39)
Psoriasis Association (www.psoriasis-association.org.uk/) 2.96 (2.54-3.37)
National Association for the relief of Paget’s disease (http://www.paget.org.uk/) 2.92 (2.58-3.25)
NHS Choices (www.nhs.uk) 2.91 (2.54-3.27)
UK Gout Society (http://www.ukgoutsociety.org/) 2.91 (2.55-3.27)
Myositis Support Group (http://www.myositis.org.uk/) 2.89 (2.60-3.18)
Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance (http://www.psoriasis-association.org.uk/) 2.88 (2.57-3.18)
Society for Back Pain Research (http://www.sbpr.info/) 2.86 (2.35-3.37)
Contact a Family (http://www.cafamily.org.uk/) 2.85 (2.47-3.23)
RADAR: The Disability Network (http://www.radar.org.uk/radarwebsite/) 2.71 (2.26-3.17)
Sick Children’s Trust (http://www.sickchildrenstrust.org/) 2.71 (2.15-3.26)
Perthes Association (www.perthes.org.uk/) 2.63 (2.23-3.03)
Psoriasis Scotland (www.psoriasisscotland.org.uk/) 2.61 (2.16-3.06)
FibroAction (http://www.fibroaction.org/) 2.59 (2.26-2.92)
Palindromic Rheumatism Society (www.palindromicrheumatism.org/) 2.53 (2.07-2.99)
Scoliosis Society (http://www.britscoliosissoc.org.uk/) 2.44 (2.05-2.84)

CI = Confidence Interval.