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. 2021 Jul 17;3(5):e1547–e1555. doi: 10.1016/j.asmr.2021.05.007

Appendix Table 2.

Type of Data Analyzed in Each Study and Category of Information Assessed

No. of Media Physician Academic Public Education, Not Physician Blog News or Other Industry or Commercial
Study authors
 Akinleye et al.,12 2018 50 websites 8 15 19 8
 Akpolat and Kurdal,13 2020 48 videos
 Bruce-Brand et al.,14 2013 60 websites 6 4 6 29
 Cassidy et al.,15 2018 39 websites 1 22 16
 Celik et al.,16 2020 67 videos 32 0 9 16 0 10
 Dalton et al.,17 2015 59 websites 26 31 2
 DeFroda et al.,18 2019 300 images
 DeFroda et al.,19 2018 300 images
 Devitt et al.,20 2017 81 websites 34 20 23 4
 Duncan et al.,21 2013 200 websites 36 23 20 12 104 5
 Dy et al.,5 2012 75 websites 36 4 45 40
 Garcia et al.,22 2014 82 websites 32 13 12 14 11
 Goldenberg et al.,23 2019 47 websites Not specified
 Gosselin et al.,24 2013 35 websites 3 7 2 13 8 2
 Houck et al.,25 2019 90 websites 32 38 7 1 11 1
 Nwachukwu et al.,26 2018 96 websites 57 9 5 6 14 5
 O'Neill et al.,27 2014 225 websites Not specified
 Somerson et al.,28 2018 49 websites 16 12 5 16
 Starman et al.,31 2010 154 websites 22 32 7 3 16 74
 Wang et al.,29 2017 53 websites 33 5 15
 Zhang et al.,30 2016 91 websites Not specified
Total 1,486 websites 374 199 86 116 220 230
% 25 13 6 8 15 15
Average ± SD 87.51 ± 55.17

SD, standard deviation.