Table 3.
Characterization of unique English videos by category for HON score, DISCERN score and LAM-related content score
| Video category | Academic institution/Governmental organization | News/media | Independent medical professional | Independent non-medical user | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 15 | N = 6 | N = 5 | N = 38 | ||
| HON score | |||||
| Median (range) | 3 (2–6) | 2 (0–2) | 4 (2–6) | 2 (0–7) | 0.058 |
| Rating according to HON foundation score, n (%) | |||||
| Low | 5 (33) | 6 (100) | 1 (20) | 22 (58) | 0.063b |
| Medium | 9 (60) | 0 (0) | 2 (40) | 9 (24) | |
| High | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 2 (40) | 7 (18) | |
| Sum DISCERN score | |||||
| Median (range) | 30 (15–57) | 26 (20–28) | 40 (26–48) | 28 (15–61) | 0.173 |
| Sum LAM-related content score | |||||
| Median (range) | 9 (0–25) | 7 (4–15) | 10 (8–13) | 6 (0–29) | 0.185 |
HON Health on the Net, SD standard deviation
aNorth America and Australia were grouped and compared to Europe as host continent
bCategory “news/media” was excluded from statistical analysis, as none of the videos were ranked as medium or high