Table 4.
Quality assessment of videos based on uploaders and contenta.
| Characteristic | n | mDISCERNb | GQSc | PEMATd understandability score (%) | PEMAT actionability score (%) | |
| Uploaders | ||||||
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Doctors | 81 | 3 (3-4) | 3 (1-5) | 75 (25-100) | 66.67 (0-100) |
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Individuals | 4 | 3 (3-3) | 2 (1-2) | 45.83 (16.67-66.67) | 0 (0-33.33) |
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News agency/organizations | 3 | 3 (3-4) | 5 (3-5) | 83.33 (83.33-91.67) | 100 (0-100) |
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P value |
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.10 | .002 | .01 | .12 |
| Doctors | ||||||
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Cardiac surgeons | 39 | 3 (3-4) | 3 (1-5) | 75 (25-100) | 100 (0-100) |
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Cardiologists | 37 | 3 (3-4) | 3 (2-3) | 66.67 (41.67-100) | 66.67 (0-100) |
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Other health care professionals | 5 | 3 (3-4) | 3 (2-3) | 75 (58.33-91.67) | 100 (0-100) |
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P value |
|
.25 | .11 | .43 | .77 |
| Professional titles | ||||||
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Chief physician | 58 | 3 (3-4) | 3 (1-5) | 75 (41.67) | 83.34 (0-100) |
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Associate chief physician | 14 | 3 (3-3) | 2.5 (2-4) | 70.84 (25-91.67) | 16.67 (0-100) |
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Attending/resident doctor | 9 | 3 (3-3) | 3 (2-3) | 66.67 (58.33-91.67) | 100 (0-100) |
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P value |
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.44 | .52 | .69 | .01 |
| Content | ||||||
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Disease knowledge | 50 | 3 (3-4) | 3 (2-5) | 76.09 (13.98) | 100 (0-100) |
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Outpatient cases | 19 | 3 (2-4) | 3 (1-5) | 67.82 (13.04) | 70.18 (39.90) |
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Surgical cases | 11 | 3 (3-3) | 2 (1-2) | 49.24 (15.57) | 0 (0-33.33) |
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Surgical techniques | 4 | 3 (3-3) | 2 (2-2) | 66.67 (36) | 0 (0-0) |
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News/advertising | 4 | 3 (2-4) | 3.5 (2-5) | 67.63 (23.72) | 0 (0-100) |
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P value |
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.98 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 |
aValues are expressed as mean (SD) for continuous variables and median (range) for ordinal and discrete variables.
bmDISCERN: modified DISCERN.
cGQS: Global Quality Score.
dPEMAT: Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool.