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DISCERN and JAMA scores according to information type and website type
| Presentation Type | Website Type | |||
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| Video (n=5) | Text (n=53) | Information (n=15) | Advertisement (n=43) | |
| Total DISCERN score (16–80) | ||||
| 16–26 (very poor) | 4 | 22 | 8 | 18 |
| 27–38 (poor) | 0 | 23 | 5 | 18 |
| 39–50 (fair) | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| 51–62 (good) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63–80 (excellent) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average score | 24.8 | 29.3 | 28.5 | 29.0 |
| Average number of JAMA benchmarks satisfied (0–4) | 1.2 | 1.36 | 1 | 1.49 |
