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. 2019 Jan 25;10(4):761–767. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2019.01.021

Table 2.

Healthgrades and Vitals scores/ratings and SM presence.

Total (n = 145) Social Media Presence
Institution
Graduation Year
Yes (n = 92) No (n = 53) γp-value Academic (n = 26) Private (n = 119) γp-value <2000 (n = 75) ≥2000 (n = 70) γp-value
Healthgrades
 Overall Score (/5) 4.2 ± 0.6 4.3 ± 0.5 4.1 ± 0.8 0.18 4.3 ± 0.6 4.2 ± 0.6 0.63 4.0 ± 0.7 4.5 ± 0.4 <.0001
 # Ratings 37.2 ± 34.6 42.5 ± 34.5 27.4 ± 32.8 0.01 24.2 ± 30.7 39.9 ± 34.8 0.04 37.5 ± 32.9 36.8 ± 36.5 0.90
 # Comments 13.5 ± 17.5 15.0 ± 17.1 10.7 ± 17.9 0.16 8.1 ± 19.2 14.6 ± 17.0 0.09 11.2 ± 13.3 14.9 ± 20.9 0.11
 Care Philosophy 0.03 0.03 0.17
 Listed 79 (55.2) 57 (62.0) 22 (43.1) 9 (36.0) 70 (59.3) 45 (60.8) 34 (49.3)
 Not Listed 64 (44.8) 35 (38.0) 29 (56.9) 16 (64.0) 48 (40.7) 29 (39.2) 35 (50.7)
 Wait Time γ0.04 0.89 <.0001
 <10 min 8 (5.9) 3 (3.3) 5 (10.9) 2 (9.1) 6 (5.3) 2 (2.7) 6 (9.5)
 10–15 min 80 (58.8) 60 (66.7) 20 (43.5) 13 (59.1) 67 (58.8) 34 (46.6) 46 (73.0)
 16–30 min 41 (30.2) 23 (25.6) 18 (39.1) 6 (27.3) 35 (30.7) 30 (41.1) 11 (17.5)
 31–45 min 7 (5.2) 4 (4.4) 3 (6.5) 1 (4.6) 6 (5.3) 7 (9.6) 0
 Scheduling 4.3 ± 0.5 4.4 ± 0.3 4.2 ± 0.6 0.002 4.4 ± 0.4 4.3 ± 0.5 0.34 4.2 ± 0.5 4.5 ± 0.3 0.0002
Vitals
 Overall Score (/5) 4.2 ± 0.5 4.2 ± 0.5 4.1 ± 0.6 0.07 4.3 ± 0.6 4.1 ± 0.5 0.2 4.0 ± 0.5 4.3 ± 0.5 0.0006
 # Ratings 41.2 ± 39.0 49.7 ± 41.9 26.4 ± 28.3 0.0004 31.8 ± 33.1 43.2 ± 40.0 0.2 42.8 ± 39.8 39.5 ± 38.4 0.62
 # Comments 13.6 ± 18.3 17.1 ± 21.1 7.5 ± 9.3 0.002 13.5 ± 22.5 13.6 ± 17.3 0.9 14.3 ± 18.9 12.8 ± 17.7 0.62
 Personal Statement 0.04 0.82 0.60
 Yes 36 (24.8) 28 (30.4) 8 (15.1) 6 (23.1) 30 (25.2) 20 (26.7) 16 (22.9)
 No 109 (75.2) 64 (69.6) 45 (84.9) 20 (76.9) 89 (74.8) 55 (73.3) 54 (77.1)
 Castle Connolly 0.03 γ0.03 0.003
 Yes 27 (18.6) 22 (23.9) 5 (9.4) 9 (34.6) 18 (15.1) 21 (28.0) 6 (8.6)
 No 118 (81.4) 70 (76.1) 48 (90.6) 17 (65.4) 101 (84.9) 54 (72.0) 64 (91.4)
 Other Awards 0.002 0.93 0.53
 Yes 107 (73.8) 76 (82.6) 31 (58.5) 19 (73.1) 88 (74.0) 57 (76.0) 50 (71.4)
 No 38 (26.2) 16 (17.4) 22 (41.5) 7 (26.9) 31 (26.1) 18 (24.0) 20 (28.6)

γFischer-Exact tests were used in place of chi-square tests where >25% of cells have expected counts <5 in order to obtain a p-value.