Table 2.
Physician overall and essential information scores of top 10 hits using “scoliosis” as search term in GoogleTM.
| Website | Scoliosis Research Society | Spine Health | Medicine Net | Mayo Clinic | Wikipedia | Niams.nih. gov | WebMD | Medical News Today | Kids Health | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | By overall physician scores | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| By essential physician scores | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| GoogleTM | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | Knowledge Graph | ||
| Physician Scores (Average) | Overall Information | Physician would recommend | 2/3 Agree |
2/3 Agree |
3/3 Agree |
3/3 Agree |
1/3 Agree |
2/3 Agree |
2/3 Agree |
2/3 Agree |
3/3 Agree |
0/3 Agree |
| Average overall physician score (out of 75) | 62.67 | 57.33 | 56.00 | 55.67 | 54.67 | 53.67 | 49.00 | 36.33 | 35.33 | 15.67 | ||
| Essential Information | What is scoliosis? | 4.00 | 4.33 | 4.67 | 2.33 | 4.00 | 3.67 | 4.67 | 4.67 | 4.00 | 3.67 | |
| Types of scoliosis | 4.67 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.33 | 4.67 | 4.33 | 3.67 | 0 | ||
| Demographics of scoliosis | 3.67 | 4.33 | 5.00 | 1.67 | 4.00 | 3.33 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 3.33 | 1.33 | ||
| Causes/risk factors | 4.67 | 4.33 | 4.67 | 3.33 | 4.33 | 4.33 | 4.33 | 3.33 | 3.67 | 0 | ||
| Signs & symptoms | 4.67 | 4.33 | 4.67 | 4.33 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.33 | 4.33 | 4.33 | 2.67 | ||
| Screening/diagnosis | 4.33 | 4.67 | 4.67 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 4.67 | 3.67 | 4.33 | 4.33 | 3.00 | ||
| Types of curves | 4.33 | 5.00 | 4.33 | 4.00 | 4.33 | 4.00 | 2.67 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Treatment information | 4.67 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.33 | 4.67 | 4.33 | 3.67 | 4.67 | 2.00 | ||
| Self-management tips | 4.67 | 4.67 | 4.67 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 4.67 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | ||
| Complications | 0 | 3.33 | 4.33 | 4.33 | 4.67 | 0 | 0 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total physician essential score (out of 50) | 39.67 | 45.00 | 47.00 | 38.00 | 40.33 | 37.67 | 36.67 | 32.33 | 28.00 | 15.67 |