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. 2016 Dec 14;1(2):e6. doi: 10.2196/diabetes.6450

Table 2.

Frequency count of 98 diabetic retinopathy–related videos in English by their sources and contents.



Source category of videos
Content category Consumer
(n=42)
n (%)
News
(n=16)
n (%)
Professional
(n=40)
n (%)
Total
(N=98)
n (%)
Gender of person providing information in the video

No people featured 18 (43) 2 (13) 6 (15) 26 (27)

Man featured 11 (26) 8 (50) 17 (43) 36 (37)

Woman featured 10 (24) 3 (19) 10 (25) 23 (24)

Both featured 3 (7) 3 (19) 7 (18) 13 (13)
Purpose of the video was to provide information about diabetic retinopathy

No 21 (50) 5 (31) 13 (33) 39 (40)

Yes 21 (50) 11 (69) 27 (68) 59 (60)
Shows or mentions retinopathy

No 11 (26) 4 (25) 8 (20) 23 (24)

Yes 31 (74) 12 (75) 32 (80) 75 (77)
Shows or mentions proliferative retinopathy

No 29 (69) 15 (94) 28 (70) 72 (74)

Yes 13 (31) 1 (6) 12 (30) 26 (27)
Shows or mentions nonproliferative retinopathy

No 34 (81) 16 (100) 31 (78) 81 (83)

Yes 8 (19) 0 (0) 9 (23) 17 (17)
Mentions screening

No 27 (64) 8 (50) 23 (58) 58 (59)

Yes 15 (36) 8 (50) 17 (43) 40 (41)
Mentions macular degeneration

No 40 (95) 14 (88) 36 (90) 90 (92)

Yes 2 (5) 2 (13) 4 (10) 8 (8)
Mentions vision loss or blindness

No 21 (50) 5 (31) 16 (40) 42 (43)

Yes 21 (50) 11 (69) 24 (60) 56 (57)
Mentions cataract

No 39 (93) 16 (100) 37 (93) 92 (94)

Yes 3 (7) 0 (0) 3 (8) 6 (6)
Mentions pain (if any)

No 39 (93) 16 (100) 39 (98) 94 (96)

Yes 3 (7) 0 (0) 1 (3) 4 (4)
Mentions anxiety or fear of diagnosis or screening

No 40 (95) 15 (94) 38 (95) 93 (95)

Yes 2 (5) 1 (6) 2 (5) 5 (5)
Mentions control of diabetes

No 25 (60) 5 (31) 17 (43) 47 (48)

Yes 17 (41) 11 (69) 23 (58) 51 (52)
Mentions symptoms (if any)

No 24 (57) 6 (38) 20 (50) 50 (51)

Yes 18 (43) 10 (63) 20 (50) 48 (49)
Mentions treatment (if any)

No 17 (41) 9 (56) 16 (40) 42 (43)

Yes 25 (60) 7 (44) 24 (60) 56 (57)
Mentions prevention for retinopathy

No 30 (71) 8 (50) 27 (68) 65 (66)

Yes 12 (29) 8 (50) 13 (33) 33 (33)
Mentions that it can go unnoticed

No 39 (93) 13 (81) 28 (70) 80 (82)

Yes 3 (7) 3 (19) 12 (30) 18 (18)
Mentions retinal detachment

No 36 (86) 13 (81) 29 (73) 78 (80)

Yes 6 (14) 3 (19) 11 (28) 20 (20)