Table 2.
Mean post content scores broken down by post source and content category from groups and pages combined.
| Post variable | Content scorea, mean (SD) | P valueb | |
| Source |
|
.78 | |
|
|
Foundation or medical organization (n=53) | 2.8 (6.1) |
|
|
|
Industry or for profit (n=24) | 0.2 (0.5) |
|
|
|
Medical professional (n=1) | 0.0 (0.0) |
|
|
|
Nonmedical user (n=445) | 1.4 (2.9) |
|
| Focus |
|
<.001 | |
|
|
Guideline (n=5) | 11.2 (10.0) |
|
|
|
Advice (n=80) | 1.3 (2.1) |
|
|
|
News (n=152) | 2.3 (3.1) |
|
|
|
Advertisement (n=65) | 0.7 (1.4) |
|
|
|
Opinion (n=7) | 0.9 (0.9) |
|
|
|
Insurance or health care cost (n=2) | 1.5 (2.1) |
|
|
|
Other IPFc-related focus (n=131) | 1.7 (4.6) |
|
|
|
Non-IPF–related focus (n=81) | 0.1 (0.3) |
|
aMaximum total score of 30.
bCalculated using the χ2 test.
cIPF: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.