Table 1.
Website characteristics by search topic (n=316).
| Characteristic | Overall | Safety (n=111)a | Depression (n=120) | Infertility (n=85) | P value | ||||||
| Slant, n (%) |
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Pro-choice | 23 (7.3) | 17 (15.3) | 4 (3.3) | 2 (2.4) |
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Neutral | 181 (57.3) | 50 (45.1) | 65 (54.2) | 66 (77.7) |
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Anti-choice | 112 (35.4) | 44 (39.6) | 51 (42.5) | 17 (20.0) |
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| Slant clarity, n (%) |
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.002 | ||||||
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Obvious | 121 (38.3) | 41 (36.9) | 49 (40.8) | 31 (36.5) |
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In-between | 125 (39.6) | 49 (44.1) | 33 (27.5) | 43 (50.6) |
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Difficult/can’t tell | 70 (22.1) | 21 (18.9) | 38 (31.7) | 11 (12.9) |
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| Domain, n (%) |
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.002 | ||||||
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Commercial (.com/.net) | 154 (48.7) | 45 (40.5) | 60 (50.0) | 49 (57.7) |
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International | 42 (13.3) | 8 (7.2) | 17 (14.2) | 17 (20.0) |
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Education (.edu) | 5 (1.6) | 2 (1.8) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (2.4) |
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Government (.gov) | 14 (4.4) | 8 (7.2) | 4 (3.3) | 2 (2.4) |
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Organization (.org) | 101 (32.0) | 48 (43.2) | 38 (31.7) | 15 (17.7) |
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| Page type, n (%) |
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.007 | ||||||
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News article | 30 (9.7) | 12 (11.3) | 13 (10.8) | 5 (5.9) |
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Forum | 17 (5.5) | 2 (1.9) | 2 (1.7) | 13 (15.3) |
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Blog | 16 (5.1) | 5 (4.7) | 8 (6.7) | 3 (3.5) |
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Feature | 63 (20.3) | 21 (19.8) | 20 (16.7) | 22 (25.9) |
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Scholarly article | 25 (8.0) | 9 (8.5) | 11 (9.2) | 5 (5.9) |
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Resource page | 158 (50.8) | 57 (53.8) | 64 (53.3) | 37 (43.5) |
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Video | 2 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.7) | 0 (0) |
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| Trustworthiness, median (IQR) | 2.7 (1.7-3.7) | 3.0 (1.7-3.7) | 2.3 (1.7-3.7) | 2.7 (1.7-3.7) | .409 | ||||||
aFive websites in the safety category were missing data about page type.