Table 1.
Content assessment of Arabic web-based health information on oral lichen planus (OLP) using Ni Riordan and McCreary’s [24] method (n=49).
| Categories | Web pages, n (%) | |
| Content affiliation | ||
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Commercial | 28 (57.1) |
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Nonprofit | 19 (38.8) |
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Medical center | 2 (4.1) |
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Governmental | 0 (0.0) |
| Content specialization | ||
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Entirely related to OLP | 11 (22.3) |
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Partially related to OLP | 38 (77.6) |
| Content format | ||
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Medical facts | 42 (85.7) |
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Human stories | 2 (4.1) |
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Question and answer format | 4 (8.2) |
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Clinical trials | 1 (2.0) |
| Content presentation | ||
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Included images | 31 (63.3) |
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Included videos | 2 (4.1) |
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Included audio | 1 (2.0) |
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Text only | 15 (30.6) |