Table 4.
Mean standardised quality score* of individual domains of scoring system | Overall standardised score** (n/100) | ||||||
Domain: | 1. Mission of Site (n/100) | 2. Disclosure of ownership (n/100) | 3. Transparency of Sponsorship (n/100) | 4. Accountability to users (n/100) | 5. Quality of information (n/100) | 6. Quantity of information (n/100) | |
Mean: | 73 | 57 | 57 | 72 | 53 | 58 | 58 |
*Standardised domain quality score calculated as: (total number of items present)/(total number of items in domain – total number of items not applicable in that domain for that web site) × 100
**Overall standardised score calculated as: (total number of items present)/(43 – total number of items not applicable for that web site) × 100