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. 2017 Dec 13;19(12):e415. doi: 10.2196/jmir.7681

Table 4.

Descriptive statistics of different clusters of websites for DISCERN, the Journal of American Medical Association benchmark, and Flesch Reading Ease adapted to Brazilian Portuguese.


Cluster
S1a S2a S3a
DISCERN
JAMAb FRE-BPc
1 (n=22)






Mean (SD)d,e,f 19.05 (5.64) 18.05 (6.26) 2.41 (1.01) 39.50 (11.41) 1.05 (1.00) 60.04 (10.87)

Median 18.50 17.50 2.50 38.50 1.00 57.03

Minimum 8.00 9.00 1.00 22.00 0.00 41.23

Maximum 32.00 28.00 4.00 64.00 3.00 78.86
2 (n=26)






Mean (SD)d,e,f 18.85 (4.65) 15.50 (3.78) 2.35 (0.75) 36.69 (8.19) 1.19 (0.85) 65.61 (7.80)

Median 18.00 16.00 2.00 35.00 1.00 66.03

Minimum 12.00 8.00 1.00 22.00 0.00 48.57

Maximum 34.00 24.00 4.00 62.00 3.00 80.28
3 (n=27)






Mean 18.81d 10.89e 1.89d 31.59f 1.11d 62.69d

SDg 6.82 3.33 0.75 8.69 1.09 11.15

Median 16.00 11.00 2.00 29.00 1.00 63.06

Minimum 11.00 7.00 1.00 19.00 0.00 37.98

Maximum 33.00 19.00 3.00 47.00 3.00 88.23

aS1, S2, and S3: 3 different sections of DISCERN.

bJAMA: the Journal of American Medical Association.

cFRE-BP: Flesch Reading Ease adapted to Brazilian Portuguese.

d,e,fSignificant statistical differences between the groups (Kruskal-Wallis test and post hoc Dunn test, P<.05).