Bayanan kiwon lafiya a kan Wikipedia

Tun daga ƙarshen shekarun 2000, kundin bayanai na Wikipedia ya kasance sanannen tushen samun bayanai game da lafiya ga mutane marasa galihu da kuma, a lokuta da yawa, masu aikin kiwon lafiya. Labarai masu alaƙa da lafiya akan Wikipedia ana samun su ne ta hanyar amfani da injunan bincike, waɗanda galibi ke isar da hanyoyin haɗi zuwa labaran Wikipedia. [1] An yi kimantawa mai zaman kanta game da adadin da kuma adadin mutanen da ke neman bayanai game da lafiya akan Wikipedia, iyakokin bayanan lafiya akan Wikipedia, da inganci da amincin bayanan akan Wikipedia. [2]

An kiyasta cewa Wikipedia ta Ingilishi ta ƙunshi labarai kusan 25,000 kan batutuwa masu alaƙa da lafiya.  A cikin kundin bayanai na Wikipedia a cikin dukkan harsuna, akwai labaran lafiya 155,000 ta amfani da ambato 950,000 zuwa majiyoyi kuma waɗanda suka sami ra'ayoyi biliyan 4.8 a cikin 2013.  Wannan adadin zirga-zirgar yanar gizo ya sa Wikipedia ta zama ɗaya daga cikin albarkatun kiwon lafiya da aka fi bincika a duniya, ko wataƙila tushen da aka fi bincika.  Wani bincike na adadi na 2024 ya gano cewa "samfurin shahararrun labaran kiwon lafiya na Wikipedia ga jinsi biyu yana da inganci iri ɗaya." 

## Adadin abubuwan da ke cikin lafiya

Ya zuwa ƙarshen shekarar 2013, Wikipedia ta Ingilishi tana da labaran likitanci 29,072, yayin da a duk harsunan Wikipedia, akwai labaran likitanci 155,805. [1]

Ya zuwa watan Maris na 2017, Wikipedia ta Ingilishi tana da labaran likitanci 30,000, yayin da akwai labaran likitanci 164,000 a wasu harsuna. 

Ya zuwa shekarar 2017, akwai kimanin kasidu 6,000 na ilmin jikin mutum a Wikipedia ta Ingilishi;  ba a sanya waɗannan a matsayin "labaran likita" a cikin tsarin rarraba bayanai na Wikipedia ba, don haka ba a haɗa su cikin adadi 30,000 da ke sama ba. 

## Nazarin ilimi

### Daidaito da amfani
Wani bincike da aka yi a shekarar 2007 ya binciki wani samfurin shafukan Wikipedia game da hanyoyin tiyata da aka fi yi a Amurka, kuma ya gano cewa kashi 85.7% daga cikinsu sun dace da marasa lafiya kuma waɗannan labaran suna da "matakin inganci na ciki mai girma".  Duk da haka, wannan binciken ya kuma tayar da damuwa game da cikar Wikipedia, yana mai lura da cewa kashi 62.9% ne kawai na labaran da aka bincika ba su da "rashin muhimman bayanai".  Wani bincike da aka yi a shekarar 2008 ya ruwaito cewa bayanan magunguna akan Wikipedia "suna da ɗan ƙaramin tsari, ba su cika ba, kuma suna da kurakurai da yawa na rashin sani" fiye da irin waɗannan bayanan akan bayanan yanar gizo da aka gyara a al'ada Medscape Drug Reference .  Wani bincike da aka yi a shekarar 2010 ya gano cewa labarin Wikipedia game da osteosarcoma yana da inganci mai kyau, amma shafin Cibiyar Ciwon daji ta Ƙasa (NCI) ya fi kyau. Marubutan sun kammala da cewa ya kamata Wikipedia ta haɗa da hanyoyin haɗi na waje zuwa majiyoyi masu inganci. 

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2011 kan labaran likitanci 50 a Wikipedia ya gano cewa kashi 56% na nassoshin da aka ambata a waɗannan shafukan za a iya ɗaukar su a matsayin masu inganci, kuma kowane rubutu ya ƙunshi tushe 29 masu inganci a matsakaici.  Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2011 ya binciki shafukan Wikipedia game da statins guda biyar, kuma ya kammala da cewa waɗannan shafukan ba su ƙunshi bayanai marasa kyau ko na ɓatarwa ba, amma galibi suna rasa bayanai game da hulɗar magunguna da abubuwan da ba su dace ba da za a yi amfani da su.  Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2011 ya binciki labaran Wikipedia kan magunguna 20 da aka fi rubutawa, ya gano cewa bakwai daga cikin waɗannan labaran ba su da wani nassoshi, kuma ya kammala da cewa "Wikipedia ba ta bayar da cikakkun bayanai game da magunguna akai-akai ba, cikakke, da kuma waɗanda aka ambata." 

Wani bincike da aka yi kan labaran Wikipedia a shekarar 2012 kan kari a kan abinci ya gano cewa labaran Wikipedia "ba su cika ba, suna da inganci daban-daban, kuma wani lokacin ba su dace da ingantattun hanyoyin samun bayanai kan waɗannan samfuran ba." 

Wani bita na 2013 da aka buga a cikin *Mujallar Binciken Intanet na Likitanci* ya taƙaita shaidar da ke akwai game da amfani da wikis, Wikipedia da sauran aikace-aikacen rubuce-rubuce na haɗin gwiwa a cikin kula da lafiya kuma ya gano cewa wallafe-wallafen binciken da ake da su rahotanni ne na lura maimakon manyan nazarin bincike waɗanda za su zama dole don fara yanke shawara. 

Wani bincike da aka yi a shekarar 2014 wanda ya binciki labarai 97 na Wikipedia game da maganin kari da madadin magani (CAM) ya gano cewa kashi 4% daga cikinsu sun kai matsayin "Kyakkyawan labarin", kuma labaran CAM a Wikipedia sun fi gajeru fiye da na gargajiya. 

A watan Mayu na 2014, *Jaridar The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association* ta buga wani labarin da ya kammala da cewa "Yawancin labaran Wikipedia game da yanayi 10 mafi tsada a Amurka sun ƙunshi kurakurai idan aka kwatanta da majiyoyin da aka yi nazari a kansu."   Bayan wannan takarda, wasu kafofin watsa labarai da yawa sun ba da rahoton cewa bai kamata masu karatu su amince da Wikipedia don samun bayanan likita ba.     Wasu daga cikin fitattun masu ba da gudummawa kan abubuwan kiwon lafiya na Wikipedia sun kare Wikipedia kuma sun soki binciken,  suna lura da cewa "Wikipedia ba game da gaskiya ba ne, amma game da tabbatarwa." Wato, masu binciken Wikipedia sun yi jayayya cewa tunda manufar Wikipedia ita ce nuna abin da manyan majiyoyi (kamar Cibiyar Kula da Lafiya ta Ƙasa ta Burtaniya) ke faɗi game da kowane batu, Wikipedia za ta kasance ba daidai ba kamar waɗannan majiyoyin. Tunda manufar Wikipedia ita ce a bayyana waɗannan kurakuran da ke akwai a cikin tushenta kamar dai gaskiya ne (ko da lokacin da editoci suka san ba gaskiya ba ne), masu binciken Wikipedia suna jin cewa nuna yadda labaran lafiyar Wikipedia ba su da inganci sun rasa ma'anar Wikipedia gaba ɗaya, tunda "Wikipedia ba game da gaskiya ba ne, amma [maimakon] game da tabbatarwa." Masu binciken Wikipedia sun kuma lura cewa ƙaramin girman samfurin na iya samun sakamako mara kyau (a kowane bangare) kuma binciken yana iya rage matakin rashin daidaiton Wikipedia ta hanyar rashin yin lissafin muhimman bayanan da labaran Wikipedia suka bari. 

Wani bincike na 2014 ya gano cewa lokacin da FDA ta fitar da sabbin gargaɗi game da magunguna, a cikin 41% na shari'o'in da aka sake duba labaran Wikipedia game da waɗannan magungunan an sabunta su don ba da sabon bayanin tsaro cikin makonni biyu.  An sabunta wasu 23% na labaran magunguna na Wikipedia don ba da wannan bayanin cikin matsakaicin kimanin kwanaki 40, amma 36% na labaran ba a sabunta su da wannan bayanin cikin shekara guda ba.  Kwatanta bayanan magunguna da aka zaɓa daga littattafan ilimin magunguna da makamantan su a Wikipedias na harshen Ingilishi da Jamusanci ya gano cewa daidaiton bayanan magunguna a Wikipedia shine 99.7%, yayin da aka kiyasta cikakken bayanin a 83.8%. Ya kammala da cewa bayanan magunguna a Wikipedia sun ƙunshi mafi yawan abin da ke da mahimmanci ga karatun likitancin likitanci na digiri na farko kuma cewa daidai ne. 

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2015 wanda ya kwatanta yadda aka yi ta cece-kuce game da takaddamar allurar riga-kafi ta Autism a gidajen yanar gizo da dama ya gano cewa labaran Wikipedia sun yi daidai da yadda aka yi ta cece-kuce kan allurar riga-kafi. Binciken ya danganta wannan matsayin da aka yi na allurar riga-kafi ga "wannan batu mai cike da ce-ce-ku-ce wanda ke jawo hankalin editoci masu himma wadanda ke aiwatar da ka'idojin neman ilimi."  Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2016 ya gano cewa bayanan magunguna a Wikipedia ba su da inganci kuma cikakke fiye da na shafin yanar gizo na Micromedex .  ] Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2017 ya kwatanta daidaiton labaran Wikipedia game da magunguna 33 mafi shahara tare da jagororin magani da daidaiton jagororin magani . Binciken ya gano cewa labaran Wikipedia gabaɗaya ba su da daidaito fiye da jagororin magani da suka dace. 

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2024 wanda ya kwatanta Baidu Baike na kasar Sin da Wikipedia ta Ingilishi kan ciwon hanji mai ban haushi ya gano cewa Wikipedia "tana samar da bayanai masu inganci, inganci, da kuma inganci" amma an lura cewa duka biyun har yanzu ba su da inganci. 

### Karatu
A shekarar 2012, an kwatanta labaran Wikipedia game da damuwa da schizophrenia da labarin da ke cikin Encyclopædia Britannica da kuma littafin nazarin halayyar ɗan adam kuma an kimanta su saboda daidaito, daidaito, faɗin labarin, nuni, da kuma sauƙin karantawa. An sanya Wikipedia a matsayi mafi girma a dukkan fannoni banda iya karatu. 

Wani bita na 2013 game da abubuwan da ke cikin ilimin jijiyoyi a Wikipedia ya gano cewa "cikakken kuma ingantaccen kayan aikin likita ne ga marasa lafiya da ke fama da cututtukan jijiyoyi wanda aka rubuta a matakin karatu na jami'a". 

Wani bincike da aka yi a shekarar 2014 ya gano cewa labarin Wikipedia game da cutar Parkinson yana da maki na Flesch reading ease na 30.31, ma'ana yana da wahalar karantawa. 

An kimanta iya karanta labaran Wikipedia game da farfadiya kuma an gano cewa ba su da yawa, wanda ke nuna cewa suna da wahalar karantawa.  Wani bincike ya gano cewa bayanan Wikipedia game da cututtukan jijiyoyi sun fi wahalar karantawa fiye da bayanan da ke cikin kasidun marasa lafiya na Kwalejin Nazarin Jijiyoyi ta Amurka, gidan yanar gizon Mayo Clinic, ko MedlinePlus .  Wani bincike na 2015, wanda Samy Azer ya rubuta, ya ba da rahoton cewa bai kamata a yi amfani da Wikipedia don koyo game da ra'ayoyi da suka shafi ɗaliban ilimin huhu ba.  Wani bincike na 2015 da Azer ya yi ya gano cewa bayanan Wikipedia game da cututtukan zuciya da jijiyoyin jini "ba a yi nufin su ga masu sauraron likita ba" kuma galibi ba daidai ba ne saboda kurakurai na rashin fahimta. 

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2016 ya gano cewa bayanan Wikipedia game da ganewar cutar cikin gida an rubuta su ne a matakin maki mafi girma fiye da kowane ɗayan shafuka huɗu da aka yi nazari a kansu (NIH, WebMD, Mayo Clinic, da "shafukan yanar gizo na musamman kan ganewar asali").  Sabanin haka, wani bincike da aka buga a wannan shekarar ya gano cewa ɗaliban likitanci da ke karanta game da cututtuka uku da ba a yi nazari a kansu ba a kan AccessMedicine da Wikipedia sun fuskanci ƙarancin ƙoƙarin tunani kamar yadda masu karatu na cututtuka iri ɗaya suka fuskanta a kan UpToDate . 

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2017 wanda ya yi nazari kan kasidu 134 na Wikipedia kan cututtukan da ke shafar garkuwar jiki ya gano cewa suna da matukar wahalar karantawa kuma suna buƙatar aƙalla matakin karatu na jami'a. Marubutan binciken sun damu da ƙarancin karatu a Wikipedia, saboda mutanen da ke fama da cututtukan da ke shafar garkuwar jiki galibi suna amfani da Wikipedia don yin bincike kan yanayinsu. 

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2018 wanda ya yi nazari kan kasidu 55 a Wikipedia kan batutuwan tiyatar jijiyoyi ya gano cewa labaran sun fi wahalar karantawa fiye da labaran bayanan marasa lafiya na Ƙungiyar Likitocin Jijiyoyi ta Amurka, duk da cewa labaran Wikipedia da labaran AANS sun buƙaci matakin karatu na jami'a. 

## Wasu ra'ayoyi
Wanda ya kafa Wikipedia Jimmy Wales ya ce rashin bayanai kan lafiya yana ƙara mace-mace da za a iya hana su a kasuwanni masu tasowa kuma bayanan lafiya daga Wikipedia na iya inganta lafiyar al'umma.  Wales ta gabatar da aikin Wikipedia Zero a matsayin hanyar isar da bayanan lafiya zuwa wuraren da mutane ke fuskantar wahalar samun bayanai kan layi. 

Sakamakon sha'awar jama'a a annobar cutar Ebola ta 2014 a Yammacin Afirka, Wikipedia ta zama sanannen tushen bayanai game da Ebola .  Likitoci wadanda suka kasance masu ba da gudummawa a Wikipedia sun ce ingancin Wikipedia ya sa ya zama mai amfani. 

### Madadin magani
Mutanen da ke tallata maganin madadin magani sun koka da cewa Wikipedia tana nuna mummunan tasirin maganin lafiya na gaba ɗaya, gami da maganin makamashi, dabarun 'yancin motsin rai, maganin tunani da kuma fasahar Tapas Acupressure .  A martanin da ta mayar, Wales ta ce, "Idan za ku iya buga aikinku a cikin mujallun kimiyya masu daraja - wato, idan za ku iya samar da shaida ta hanyar gwaje-gwajen kimiyya masu kwafi, to Wikipedia za ta rufe shi yadda ya kamata."    An sami irin wannan damuwa game da yadda yake bayar da rahoton homeopathy . 

## Amfani
Yawancin mutane a Amurka suna amfani da intanet a matsayin tushen bayanan lafiya.  Abu na uku da aka fi sani da neman bayanai a intanet shine neman bayanan lafiya ko na likita.  Wani bincike da aka yi a shekarar 2013 ya nuna cewa kashi 22% na binciken lafiya a intanet suna kai masu amfani zuwa Wikipedia. 

An bayyana Wikipedia a cikin 2014 a cikin wani rahoto da IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics ta buga a matsayin "babban tushe guda ɗaya" na bayanan kiwon lafiya ga marasa lafiya da ƙwararrun kiwon lafiya.  A cewar wannan rahoton, kashi 50% na likitocin Amurka waɗanda ke shiga yanar gizo don dalilai na ƙwararru suna amfani da Wikipedia don samun damar bayanai. An ambaci waɗannan gaskiyar a shafi na 17 daga rahoton bincike ɗaya da IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics ta buga akan "Shiga da Marasa Lafiya Ta hanyar Kafafen Sadarwa na Zamani," kuma an sake rarraba su a cikin shahararrun kafofin watsa labarai da labaran da aka yi bita da takwarorinsu. Rahoton IMS ya ba da ambato ga rahoton bincike da ba a daɗe ba a cikin "Taking the Pulse" ta Manhattan Research, wanda ba a samu ta amfani da yawancin bayanan binciken laburare ba.

A watan Yulin 2014, an fi kallon abubuwan da ke cikin Wikipedia a cikin dukkan harsuna fiye da kowane gidan yanar gizo na kiwon lafiya, ciki har da NIH, WebMD, Mayo Clinic, NHS, WHO, da UpToDate .   Wasu likitoci sun bayyana amfani da Wikipedia a matsayin "sirri mai laifi". 

### Jama'a gabaɗaya
Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2015 ya kwatanta shaharar labaran Wikipedia kan cututtuka goma da suka fi yawa a cikin jijiyoyi a cikin kwanaki 90 daga Afrilu 2014 zuwa Yuli 2014; ya gano cewa babu wata alaƙa tsakanin faruwar ko yawaitar cutar jijiyoyi da kuma adadin shafukan da aka duba. Misali, labarin Wikipedia kan cutar jijiyoyi da yawa ya fi shahara fiye da labaransa kan cututtuka da suka fi yawa kamar migraine, epilepsy, ko bugun jini . Marubutan sun yi hasashen cewa wannan na iya faruwa ne saboda karuwar yawan hotunan MRI, wanda ya haifar da karuwar binciken raunukan fararen fata . Kodayake yawancin waɗannan raunuka ba su da alaƙa da cutar jijiyoyi da yawa, suna iya sa marasa lafiya, dangi, har ma da likitoci su yi bincike a Intanet kan "ƙwayoyin jijiyoyi da yawa", wanda zai iya kai su ga labarin Wikipedia. 

### Ɗaliban likitanci
An bayyana bayanan lafiyar Wikipedia a matsayin "canza yadda likitocinmu na gaba za su koyi magani".  Masu sharhi daban-daban a fannin ilimin lafiya sun ce Wikipedia ta shahara kuma ta dace da ɗaliban likitanci. 

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2013 a wata makarantar likitanci guda ɗaya ta Australiya ya nuna cewa kashi 97% na ɗalibai suna amfani da Wikipedia don nazarin likitanci, tare da dalilan da suka fi yawa sune sauƙin shiga da sauƙin fahimta. Babu wata alaƙa tsakanin shekarar ɗalibi a makarantar likitanci da kuma yadda yake amfani da Wikipedia, amma ɗaliban da ke makarantar likitanci ba su da damar amfani da Wikipedia a matsayin tushensu na farko, albarkatunsu kawai, ko kuma tushen da suka fi amfani da shi; kuma suna iya ɗaukar Wikipedia a matsayin abin da ba za a iya dogara da shi ba. 

A shekarar 2013, Makarantar Magunguna ta UCSF ta fara bai wa ɗaliban likitanci na shekara ta huɗu zaɓin wata guda wanda ya mayar da hankali kan inganta labaran da suka shafi lafiya na Wikipedia. Tsakanin 2013 da 2015, ɗalibai 43 sun shiga cikin kwas ɗin kuma suka zaɓi wani labarin da ya shafi lafiya don yin aiki a kai. Wani bincike kan gudummawar da malaman UCSF suka bayar ya gano cewa ɗaliban sun faɗaɗa labaransu, sun ƙara ingantattun tushe, sun cire ƙananan tushe, da kuma ingantaccen karatu. Marubutan binciken sun yi jayayya cewa ya kamata makarantun likitanci su ƙarfafa ɗalibai su ba da gudummawa ga Wikipedia, duka don inganta ingancin abubuwan da ke ciki da kuma ba wa ɗalibai damar zama masu koyar da lafiya mafi kyau. 

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2013 kan wani rukunin ɗaliban likitan dabbobi ya gano cewa yawancin waɗannan ɗaliban sun nemi kuma sun sami bayanan likita a Wikipedia. 

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2015 kan makarantun likitanci guda biyar na Turai ya gano cewa ɗaliban da suka yi amfani da Wikipedia don samun bayanai na gabaɗaya sun fi amfani da shi don neman bayanai na likita. Kashi 16% na ɗalibai sun yi amfani da Wikipedia sau da yawa don samun bayanai na gabaɗaya, kashi 60% wani lokacin, kuma kashi 24% ba safai ba. Kashi 12% na ɗalibai sun yi amfani da Wikipedia sau da yawa don samun bayanai na likita, kashi 55% wani lokacin, kuma kashi 33% ba safai ba ne. Kusan dukkan ɗaliban (97%) sun sami bayanai marasa daidai a Wikipedia aƙalla sau ɗaya, amma ƙasa da kashi 20% daga cikinsu sun gyara shi. 

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2015 kan ɗaliban likitanci a Jami'ar Dalhousie da ke Nova Scotia, Kanada, ya gano cewa sun sanya Google da Wikipedia a matsayi mafi girma saboda sauƙin amfaninsu, sauƙin fahimta, da kuma amfaninsu, amma sun sanya PubMed a matsayi mafi girma saboda daidaito da aminci. 

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2017 kan amfani da albarkatun intanet da ɗaliban likitanci na shekarar farko a Makarantar Likitanci ta Melbourne suka yi, ya gano cewa suna amfani da dandalin koyon yanar gizo na makarantar sau da yawa (kullum) kuma suna amfani da Google da Wikipedia kaɗan kaɗan (kusan kowace rana). Ɗaliban sun ɗauki dandalin koyon a matsayin mafi amfani, sai kuma Google da Wikipedia, waɗanda suka ɗauka ba su da amfani fiye da dandalin koyo amma sun fi amfani fiye da Facebook ko Google Scholar . Sun kuma ɗauki dandalin koyo a matsayin mafi aminci kuma sun ɗauki Google da Wikipedia a matsayin waɗanda ba su da aminci sosai, kodayake sau da yawa suna amfani da gidajen yanar gizo biyu a matsayin wurin farawa don neman bayanai. 

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2017 kan albarkatun da ɗaliban likitanci ke amfani da su a lokacin aikinsu na ma'aikacin tiyata a Kwalejin Magunguna ta Jami'ar Florida ya gano cewa littattafan bita sune nau'in albarkatun karatu da aka fi amfani da su, sai kuma Intanet. Wikipedia ita ce hanya ta uku da aka fi amfani da ita kuma ita ce hanyar intanet da aka fi amfani da ita. Binciken bai gano wata alaƙa tsakanin nau'in albarkatun da aka yi amfani da su da kuma aikin ɗalibai a jarrabawar da aka yi wa tiyatar NBME ba. 

### Mazauna
Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2009 kan amfani da intanet da ƙananan likitoci 35 suka yi a Burtaniya ya gano cewa kashi 80% daga cikinsu sun yi amfani da Google kuma kashi 70% daga cikinsu sun yi amfani da Wikipedia don neman bayanan likita aƙalla sau ɗaya a mako, yayin da kashi 30% kawai suka yi amfani da PubMed . An fi amfani da Google da Wikipedia don karanta bayanan baya, yayin da aka yi amfani da PubMed da sauran gidajen yanar gizo "mafi kyawun shaida" don amsa takamaiman tambayoyi don yanke shawara a asibiti. 

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2015 kan mazaunan ilimin tabin hankali a Makarantar Likitanci ta Harvard ya gano cewa suna amfani da albarkatun yanar gizo sau biyu fiye da yadda suke amfani da albarkatun da aka buga. Albarkatu uku da aka fi amfani da su sune UpToDate, PubMed, da Wikipedia. UpToDate shine tushen da aka fi amfani da shi kuma an dauke shi a matsayin mafi aminci, yayin da PubMed shine na biyu mafi amfani kuma an kimanta shi sosai a matsayin tushen ilmantarwa ta mutum. Wikipedia ita ce hanya ta uku da aka fi amfani da ita kuma ta sami matsayi mafi girma don sauƙin amfani; duk da haka, an dauke ta a matsayin mafi ƙarancin aminci. 

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2013 kan likitoci 500 na Turai, wadanda yawancinsu daga Austria da Switzerland ne, ya gano cewa injunan bincike na gabaɗaya kamar Google sune nau'in albarkatun likitanci na kan layi mafi shahara, sai kuma bayanan binciken lafiya kamar PubMed, sai kuma na uku sai Wikipedia. Kashi 56% na likitoci a fannin horo (mazauna) sun ba da rahoton amfani da Wikipedia, idan aka kwatanta da kashi 37% kawai na likitoci waɗanda suka riga sun kammala horonsu. 

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2014 kan ƙwararrun likitoci 259 a Spain ya gano cewa yayin da kashi 53% daga cikinsu suka yi amfani da Wikipedia ta Sifaniyanci don neman bayanan likita a lokacin aiki, kashi 3% ne kawai daga cikinsu suka ɗauke shi abin dogaro kuma kashi 16% ne kawai suka ba da shawarar ga marasa lafiyarsu. Kashi 16% ne kawai suka taɓa gyara wani labarin Wikipedia; dalilan da suka fi yawan sa rashin yin hakan su ne ba su ɗauki kansu a matsayin ƙwararre ba (51%), sun fi son yin rubutu a shafin yanar gizo ko buga labaran da aka yi wa nazari a kansu (21%), kuma suna damuwa cewa wani zai wargaza duk wani gudunmawa da suka bayar (17%). 

### Masu bincike

Wikipedia da Wikidata ayyuka ne da suka haɗa kai a cikin tsarin Wikimedia.  Wikidata ya ƙunshi bayanai masu tsari na bayanan likita waɗanda ke da amfani a cikin kansa, kuma waɗanda ke ba da bayanai a cikin Wikipedia.  Aikin sanya bayanan likita a cikin tsarin Wikimedia yana canza shi ta hanyoyi daban-daban, gami da sa shi ya fi sauƙi, shirya shi don sake haɗawa, da kuma hulɗa da wasu bayanai a cikin dandamalin Wikimedia. 

### ambato na ilimi
An ambaci Wikipedia ba daidai ba a matsayin tushe mai ƙarfi a cikin mujallu da yawa na kimiyyar lafiya.  

### Tasiri kan gwaje-gwajen tunani
A shekara ta 2009, wani likita kuma editan Wikipedia, James Heilman, ya haɗa hotunan gwajin Rorschach a cikin Wikipedia.  Masana ilimin halayyar ɗan adam sun koka da cewa ƙaruwar fallasa ga waɗannan gwaje-gwajen ya rage darajar amfanin asibiti, kuma sakamakon haka lafiyar jama'a ta lalace. 

Wani bincike da aka yi a hirar da aka yi da shi a shekarar 2014 ya gano cewa kusan rabin editocin abubuwan da suka shafi lafiya a Wikipedia ta harshen Ingilishi kwararru ne a fannin kiwon lafiya, yayin da sauran rabin suka haɗa da wasu ɗaliban likitanci.  Wani marubucin wannan binciken ya rubuta cewa wannan yana ba da "tabbacin game da amincin gidan yanar gizon".  Binciken ya kuma gano cewa "al'ummar editocin farko", waɗanda ke sa ido sosai da kuma gyara yawancin labaran da suka shafi lafiya a Wikipedia ta harshen Turanci, sun kai kimanin mutane 300.  Binciken ya gano cewa mutanen da ke ba da gudummawa kan waɗannan batutuwa suna yin hakan ne saboda dalilai daban-daban, ciki har da sha'awar koyon darussan da kansu, da kuma jin nauyin da ke kansu da kuma jin daɗin inganta damar wasu su sami bayanai game da lafiya. 

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekarar 2016 ya gano cewa editocin Wikipedia waɗanda suka ba da gudummawa ga kasidu kan magungunan ƙira sun fi bayar da gudummawa ga kasidu kan magunguna ba bisa ƙa'ida ba da magungunan magunguna, wanda ke nuna cewa suna da gogewa a fannin ilimin kimiyyar magunguna. Haka kuma sun fi bayar da gudummawa ga kasidu kan cututtukan jijiyoyi, cututtukan tabin hankali, wasu cututtuka, da ilimin halittar ƙwayoyin halitta; ba su da yuwuwar gyara kasidu game da batutuwa ko tarihin al'adu masu shahara. 

## Ƙididdigar zirga-zirga a cikin sa ido kan lafiya
Kamar yadda Google Flu Trends ta sami damar danganta binciken mura da barkewar mura a yankin, an gano cewa ra'ayoyin shafi na labaran Wikipedia kan batutuwan da suka shafi mura sun ƙaru a cikin al'ummar da ke fuskantar yaɗuwar mura,   da sauran cututtuka kamar zazzabin dengue da tarin fuka .  

## Ayyukan inganta bayanan lafiya a Wikipedia

A shekara ta 2009, Cibiyoyin Lafiya na Ƙasa sun yi ƙoƙarin yin wani aikin gwaji don haɗa bayanan lafiya cikin Wikipedia. 

A shekarar 2011, an ruwaito cewa Cibiyar Bincike ta Cancer ta Burtaniya ta fara wani shiri inda wasu daga cikin ma'aikatanta za su gyara labaran da suka shafi cutar kansa na Wikipedia. 

Ƙungiyar Ƙasa da Ƙasa da ke Yaƙi da Cutar Farfadiya tana da wani aiki da ake kira Wikipedia Epilepsy Project don haɓaka inganci da ilimi game da cutar farfadiya. 

Kungiyoyin lafiya kamar NIOSH,  NIHR  da Cochrane  suma sun fara ɗaukar Wikimedians a wurin zama don daidaita gudummawar da suka bayar ga Wikipedia.

Jami'ar California, San Francisco tana da wani shiri na ƙarfafa ɗalibai su ba da gudummawar abubuwan da suka shafi lafiya ga Wikipedia. 

## Duba kuma
 

* Bayanan lafiya akan Intanet
* Jerin wikis na likitanci
* Ingancin Wikipedia
* Bayanin kimiyya akan Wikipedia
* Nazarin ilimi game da bayanan lafiya akan Wikipedia, jerin da aka adana a cikin Wikipedia na duk wallafe-wallafen ilimi kan abubuwan da ke cikin lafiyar Wikipedia

## Nassoshi