Table 2. Quality assessment of online health information.
| Categories (n) | DISCERN instrument scorea | JAMA benchmark scoreb |
|---|---|---|
| Overall (44) | 47.5±12.7 | 2.2±1.4 |
| Academic (16) | 46.9±11.8 | 1.8±1.0 |
| Hospital-affiliated (5) | 37.0±7.0 | 1.8±1.6 |
| Commercial (6) | 49.0±10.0 | 1.7±1.2 |
| Non-profit health advocacy (13) | 50.8±14.2 | 2.8±1.6 |
| Other (4) | 50.3±17.9 | 2.8±1.9 |
Values are presented as number only or mean±standard deviation.
aDISCERN Instrument is a validated quality assessment tool compromised of 3 categories with a total of 16 questions, maximum score is 80. Descriptive cutoffs are further broken down into very poor (score 16–26), poor (score 27–38), fair (scores 39–50), good (scores 51–62), and excellent (scores >62).
bJAMA Benchmark is a validated quality assessment tool compromised of 4 criteria (authorship, attribution, disclosure, and currency) that a high-quality resource should meet, maximum score is 4.