Table 3.
Results of Quality Review of Websites.
| Did Website Discuss LARC?, n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| No (n = 183) | Yes (n = 55) | ||
| Display of authorship | 108 (59) | 25 (45) | |
| Author’s credentials identified | 66 (36) | 19 (35) | |
| Author’s affiliations disclosed | 74 (40) | 17 (31) | |
| Sources clear | 125 (68) | 40 (73) | |
| References provided | 108 (59) | 33 (60) | |
| Date created | 58 (32) | 14 (25) | |
| Date of update | 84 (46) | 34 (62) | |
| Date of creation or update identified | 129 (70) | 45 (82) | |
| General disclaimers provided | 123 (67) | 33 (60) | |
| Health information quality stamp displayed | 65 (36) | 25 (45) | |
| Disclosure of ownership | 182 (99) | 55 (100) | |
| Editorial review process identified | 100 (54) | 34 (62) | |
| Internal search engine present | 181 (99) | 52 (95) | |
| Feedback mechanism provided | 162 (89) | 49 (89) | |
| Copyright notice | 171 (93) | 42 (76) | |
| Sum of quality metrics, mean (SD) | 9.4 (3.3) | 9.4 (2.8) | |
| Top-level domain | .org | 83 (45) | 17 (31) |
| .gov | 10 (5) | 14 (25) | |
| .com | 88 (48) | 24 (44) | |
| .edu | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | |
| Other | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | |
Abbreviation: LARC, long-acting reversible contraception.