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. 2009 Aug 25;11(3):e37. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1097

Table 2.

Percentage of time participants spent visually examining objects on the website, by conditiona

Objectb Negative Cues (n= 43)
% of time (SD)
Positive Cues (n= 42)
% of time (SD)
1. Donation/TRUSTe seal 5.03 (4.33) 1.80 (2.29)
2. Logo 5.92 (4.07) 12.82 (9.39)
3. Menu 1 (“You are here”) 5.00 (4.13) 9.80 (7.14)
4. Menu 2 (“Health issues”) 2.75 (2.86) 3.42 (3.31)
5. Advert/HON code 1.44 (1.80) 0.95 (1.68)
6. Page last updated 0.00 (0.00) 0.18 (0.50)
7. Sponsor – Pharmaceutical/NHS 0.25 (0.91) 0.34 (1.34)
8. Photo 1.50 (1.75) 1.39 (1.62)
9. Alcohol and breast cancer subtitle 1.50 (1.82) 1.45 (1.55)
10. Next page link 0.08 (0.28) 0.39 (1.67)
11. Text paragraph 1 6.31 (4.44) 6.32 (4.80)
12. Text paragraph 2 10.47 (7.13) 7.47 (7.05)
13. Text paragraph 3 3.40 (3.83) 2.82 (4.14)
14. Application windowc 57.25 (28.27) 62.03 (26.00)
15. Entire screend 60.58 (28.15) 65.16 (25.80)

aStandard deviations are given in parentheses.

b Objects with different cues (i.e., Advert/HON code and Pharmaceutical/NHS sponsor) are negative cue/positive cue.

c Application window refers to Web browser.

d Entire screen refers to everything visible on the monitor (i.e., application, borders, and task bar).