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. 2023 May 27;20(11):5972. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20115972

Table 4.

Characteristics of very-low/low- and medium/good/excellent-educational-value YouTube videos on HPV infection, mucocutaneous and oral lesions and vaccination.

YouTube Videos on HPV Infection, Mucocutaneous and Oral Lesions and Vaccination Very Low/Low Educational Value Medium/Good/Excellent Educational Value
Mean Median SD 1 Mean Median SD 1
length 7.44 6.33 3.27 8.26 7.25 3.976
Number of views 18,820.83 399.00 52,183.53 34,127.75 454.00 131,886.640
Number of likes 412.07 6 1945.15 344.37 3.00 1227.208
Number of dislikes 75.00 0 416.81 24.00 0.00 105.958
Time elapsed since upload (days) 123.2667 826 1204.674 16,784.4615 1574.500 1251.018
Video Power Index (VPI) 68.4531 1.45 256.571 30.3554 0.405 136.542
Video Information and Quality Index (VIQI) 12.9556 12 3.337 11.1731 11.000 3.240
Video Content (1–23 score) 9.7333 10 3.333 10.0577 10.000 2.718
Video Content on HPV:
Ruote of transmission 0.5556 1 0.503 0.6731 1.000 0.474
Risk factors 0.3556 0 0.484 0.5385 1.000 0.503
Screening 0.3778 0 0.490 0.5769 1.000 0.499
Genotypes 0.4222 0 0.499 0.3462 0.000 0.480
Oncogenic role 0.8444 1 0.397 0.9615 1.000 0.194
Skin lesions (benign) 0.2000 0 0.405 0.2308 0.000 0.425
Mucosal lesions (benign) 0.2222 0 0.420 0.2115 0.000 0.412
Oral lesions (benign) 0.0222 0 0.149 0.0385 0.000 0.194
Genital cancer in females 0.8667 1 0.344 0.9231 1.000 0.269
Genital cancer in males 0.6667 1 0.477 0.5769 1.000 0.499
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) 0.4444 0 0.503 0.5000 0.500 0.505
Video Content on HPV vaccination:
Age (recommended) 0.8889 1 0.318 0.8654 1.000 0.345
Gender 0.6000 1 0.495 0.2115 0.000 0.412
Vaccine type(s) 0.4444 0 0.503 0.2500 0.000 0.437
Vaccine safety 0.7778 1 0.420 0.8462 1.000 0.364
Messages encouraging vaccination 0.7556 1 0.435 0.8269 1.000 0.382
Messages discouraging vaccination 0.0000 0 0.000 0.0577 0.000 0.235
Messages neutral 0.2667 0 0.447 0.1158 0.000 0.323
HPV vaccine Epidemiology:
Vaccination course 0.4889 0 0.506 0.5769 1.000 0.499
Projections of genital cancer Fx 0.3333 0 0.477 0.4615 0.000 0.503
Projection of genital cancer Mx 0.1333 0 0.344 0.1731 0.000 0.382
Projection of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) 0.0444 0 0.208 0.0577 0.000 0.235
Video Source Reliability (0–4 score) Source: 2.9111 3 0.821 2.6731 3.000 0.834
Dentalcare provider (source) 0.0000 0 0.000 0.0000 0.000 0.000
Other healthcare provider (source) 0.1111 0 0.318 0.0769 0.000 0.269
University/hospital (source) 0.1556 0 0.367 0.1923 0.000 0.398
Pharmaceutical Industries (source) 0.0000 0 0.000 0.0000 0.000 0.000
Commercial (source) 0.0000 0 0.000 0.0769 0.000 0.269
Other (source) 0.7333 0 0.447 0.6538 1.000 0.480
Video educational value (0–5 score) Target Audience: 1.6889 2 0.468 3.37 3.00 0.561
Professionals 0.2889 0 0.458 0.0962 0.000 0.298
Laypersons 0.6000 1 0.495 0.5769 1.000 0.499
Both 0.1556 0 0.367 0.3269 0.000 0.474

Abbreviations: 1 SD: standard deviation.