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. 2023 Oct 20;102(42):e35633. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000035633

Table 2.

Relationship between categoric variables and video quality scores.

Variables DISCERN Statistical Significance DISCERN post hoc Comparisons GQS Statistical Significance GQS post hoc Comparisons JAMA Statistical Significance JAMA post hoc Comparisons
Median ± IQR Median ± IQR Median ± IQR
Uploader YouTube Channel (G1) 33 ± 14 <0.001 G1–G2: <0.001 1 ± 2 <0.001 G1–G2: <0.001 1 ± 1 <0.001 G1–G2: <0.001
Healthcare Institute (G2) 60 ± 19 G2–G3: 0.666 3 ± 0.5 G2–G3: 0.696 3 ± 1 G2–G3: 0.369
Medical Doctor (G3) 64 ± 18 G1–G3: <0.001 3 ± 2 G1–G3: <0.001 3 ± 1 G1–G3: 0.007
Professionality Non professional 33 ± 14 <0.001 1 ± 2 <0.001 1 ± 1 <0.001
Professional 63 ± 20 3 ± 2 3 ± 2
Upload date Old (> 5 yr) 44 ± 21.5 0.968 2 ± 2 0.799 2 ± 2 0.830
New (≤ 5 yr) 44 ± 35 2 ± 2 2 ± 2
Daily view count Daily view count ≤ 34 40 ± 31 0.356 1 ± 3 0.236 2 ± 2 0.388
Daily view count > 34 46 ± 30 2 ± 2 2 ± 2
Video duration Video length ≤ 5 min 39.5 ± 20.5 0.070 1 ± 1.5 0.062 2 ± 2 0.035
Video Length > 5 min 59.5 ± 43 3 ± 3 3 ± 3
VPI VPI ≤ 95 41 ± 27 0.797 1.5 ± 2 0.847 2 ± 2 0.743
VPI > 95 46 ± 32 2 ± 2 2 ± 2
Comment/yr Comment/yr ≤ 18 38 ± 31 0.314 1 ± 3 0.285 2 ± 2 0.282
Comment/yr > 18 46 ± 26 2 ± 2 2 ± 2

G1 = Group 1, G2 = Group 2, G3 = Group 3, GQS = Global quality score, IQR = Interquartile range, JAMA = Journal of the American Medical Association, VPI = Video Popularity Index.