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Quality (DISCERN) of Online Resources by Website Affiliation
| Search Term | Count | Quality (DISCERN) Mean (SD) [Range] |
Statistically Significant Comparisons* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | 5 | 47.80 (6.30) [41, 54] |
N/A |
| Government | 5 | 45.20 (6.80) [38, 53] |
N/A |
| Media | 2 | 50.00 (2.83) [48, 52] |
N/A |
| Nonprofit (hospital) | 16 | 52.56 (5.25) [44, 62] |
N/A |
| Nonprofit (organization) | 22 | 51.55 (5.56) [43, 61] |
N/A |
One-way ANOVA test with overall model P value of 0.10.
