Table 5. Mean medical information and content index scoring of YouTube videos analyzed across all six languages studied.
Note: Outcomes include the current non-availability of a vaccine.
MICI: medical information and content index; SD: standard deviation.
| Mean MICI score on prevalence (SD) | Mean MICI score on transmission (SD) | Mean MICI score on clinical symptoms (SD) | Mean MICI score on screening/testing (SD) | Mean MICI score on treatment/outcome (SD) | Mean total MICI score (SD) | |
| English (n = 40) | 1.2 (1.42) | 2.3 (1.60) | 2 (1.50) | 0.35 (0.77) | 1.28 (1.37) | 7.12 (4.71) |
| Arabic (n = 40) | 1.48 (1.34) | 1.8 (1.36) | 1.32 (1.22) | 0.92 (1.16) | 1.55 (1.28) | 7.05 (4.64) |
| Bengali (n = 40) | 0.6 (1.03) | 1.68 (1.58) | 0.92 (1.12) | 0.3 (0.88) | 0.65 (1.08) | 4.15 (3.34) |
| Dutch (n = 40) | 1.1 (1.72) | 2.08 (1.40) | 1.58 (1.48) | 0.62 (1.03) | 1.48 (1.20) | 6.88 (4.05) |
| Hindi (n = 40) | 1.1 (0.96) | 1.35 (1.39) | 0.50 (0.96) | 0.55 (0.98) | 0.42 (1.13) | 3.90(3.78) |
| Nigerian Pidgin (n = 40) | 0.52 (0.99) | 2.22 (1.20) | 1.62 (1.39) | 0 (0) | 0.68 (0.79) | 5.02 (3.47) |
| Mean scores of all languages | 1.00 (1.99) | 1.90 (1.45) | 1.32 (1.37) | 0.46 (0.92) | 1.01 (1.23) | 5.68 (4.22) |