. 2025 Jun 1;59(2):89–97.

Table 2.

Distribution of usefulness, actionability, and understandability scores by information source, post content, post type, and presence of demonstrative images

		Usefulness	P value	Actionability	P value	Understandability	P value
Information source	N (%)	Median (IQR)		Median (IQR)		Median (IQR)
Individuals Dental clinic Commercial page Dental hygienist Dentist Health care page Other	72 (36) 41 (20.5) 6 (3) 23 (11.5) 37 (18.5) 13 (6.5) 8 (4)	2 (1) 2 (2) 1 (3) 4 (4) 3 (3) 2 (4) 1 (1)	0.018^a	0.37 (0.2) 0.40 (0.4) 0.30 (0.4) 0.60 (0.5) 0.40 (0.4) 0.33 (0.3) 0.40 (0.6)	0.048^a	0.67 (0.2) 0.89 (0.1) 0.77 (0.4) 0.83 (0.2) 0.77 (0.2) 0.73 (0.1) 0.69 (0.3)	0.001^b
Post content
Educational Testimonial Promotional	142 (71) 41 (20.5) 17 (8.5)	2 (3) 2 (3) 2 (0)	0.001^a	0.40 (0.4) 0.20 (0.4) 0.40 (0.2)	0.001^a	0.80 (0.2) 0.60 (0.2) 0.67 (0.1)	0.001^b
Post type
Video Picture	110 (55) 90 (45)	2 (3) 1 (1)	0.003^a	0.40 (0.4) 0.40 (0.2)	0.076	0.74 (0.2) 0.75 (0.2)	0.87^a
Demonstrative image
Yes No	43 (21.5) 157 (78.5)	2 (3) 2 (2)	0.083	0.40 (0.6) 0.40 (0.3)	0.028^a	0.89 (0.2) 0.72 (0.2)	0.001^a

^aMann-Whitney U test

^bKruskal-Wallis test

IQR = interquartile range, N = number of participants, SD = standard deviation. Bold numbers are statistically significant p values.