Table 5.
Health on the Net (HON) and content analysis by category of website.
| Category | HON Score | Misleading Features* | Balanced Features* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | 8.5 (2.3) | 2.9 (1.3) | 1.1 (0.7) |
| News‐oriented | 10.3 (1.7) | 2.3 (1.5) | 1.3 (0.5) |
| Personal | 8.7 (0.6) | 1.3 (1.5) | 0.7 (0.6) |
| Physician | 12 (‐) | 0 (‐) | 2 (‐) |
| Nonprofit | 12 (‐) | 0 (‐) | 1 (‐) |
Note: Values are expressed as mean (with standard deviation)
*
Refers to the number of types of each feature represented in the website
“‐” denotes an undefined standard deviation as there is only 1 data point