Table 1.

Descriptive statistics.

Factors			Professional forum, mean (SD)	Advisory forum, mean (SD)	Total, mean (SD)
Trustworthiness of experts
	METIa score
		High MTJb	3.16 (0.63)	3.42 (0.50)	3.30 (0.58)
		Low MTJ	3.26 (0.63)	3.41 (0.64)	3.34 (0.63)
		Total	3.21 (0.63)	3.42 (0.57)	3.31 (0.60)
	Expertise
		High MTJ	2.71 (0.81)	2.92 (0.78)	2.82 (0.80)
		Low MTJ	3.12 (0.79)	3.26 (0.79)	3.19 (0.79)
		Total	2.91 (0.80)	3.11 (0.79)	3.01 (0.79)
	Integrity
		High MTJ	3.44 (0.62)	3.70 (0.46)	3.58 (0.55)
		Low MTJ	3.34 (0.63)	3.49 (0.60)	3.42 (0.62)
		Total	3.39 (0.63)	3.59 (0.53)	3.49 (0.58)
	Benevolence
		High MTJ	3.48 (0.63)	3.83 (0.45)	3.66 (0.57)
		Low MTJ	3.38 (0.68)	3.56 (0.67)	3.47 (0.67)
		Total	3.43 (0.65)	3.70 (0.56)	3.56 (0.61)
Credibility of information
		High MTJ	3.05 (0.38)	2.90 (0.44)	2.97 (0.42)
		Low MTJ	2.97 (0.47)	3.00 (0.60)	2.99 (0.54)
		Total	3.01 (0.42)	2.95 (0.52)	2.98 (0.47)
Perceived accommodation by experts
	ROSc score
		High MTJ	2.79 (0.42)	2.62 (0.49)	2.70 (0.46)
		Low MTJ	3.51 (0.46)	3.48 (0.44)	3.49 (0.45)
		Total	3.15 (0.44)	3.05 (0.47)	3.10 (0.45)
	Audience design
		High MTJ	2.58 (0.46)	2.43 (0.53)	2.51 (0.49)
		Low MTJ	3.43 (0.45)	3.49 (0.42)	3.46 (0.43)
		Total	3.01 (0.45)	2.96 (0.48)	2.98 (0.47)
	Subjective comprehension
		High MTJ	3.25 (0.64)	3.10 (0.64)	3.17 (0.64)
		Low MTJ	3.80 (0.55)	3.70 (0.55)	3.75 (0.55)
		Total	3.52 (0.60)	3.40 (0.60)	5.16 (0.60)
	Emotional evaluation
		High MTJ	2.76 (0.49)	2.54 (0.57)	2.64 (0.52)
		Low MTJ	3.41 (0.55)	3.30 (0.60)	3.35 (0.58)
		Total	3.10 (0.52)	2.92 (0.58)	6.00 (0.55)

^aMETI: Muenster Epistemic Trustworthiness Inventory.

^bMTJ: medical technical jargon.

^cROS: recipient orientation scale.