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. 2020 Jun 17;150(2):189–193. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13246

Table 1.

Analyses of video characteristics by usefulness category. a

Characteristics Informative Personal experience News update P
Number of videos 45 15 16
Audience interaction parameters
Number of views 11 483 ± 49 749 1199 ± 2083 83 517 ± 223 475 0.053
Video length (min) 5.50 ± 3.52 3.44 ± 3.06 3.34 ± 0.21 0.001
Duration on YouTube (days) 38.7 ± 13.1 32.2 ± 13.5 24.1 ± 11.9 0.607
Views per day 119.7 ± 521.2 34.4 ± 49.2 2450.9 ± 5509.3 0.002
Likes 856.9 ± 5510.9 44.0 ± 100.3 108.4 ± 159.0 0.539
Dislikes 1.7 ± 7.0 2.9 ± 6.9 30.5 ± 87.9 0.078
Comments 18.8 ± 85.5 5.4 ± 14.4 76.9 ± 175.9 0.388
DISCERN score 2.9 ± 1.0 1.6 ± 0.9 1.9 ± 0.9 0.001
Source of upload 0.001
News agencies 9 (20.0) 11 (68.7)
Academic hospitals 1 (2.2)
Government 1 (2.2) 2 (12.5)
Individual physicians 33 (73.3) 1 (6.7) 2 (12.5)
Patient/individual 1 (2.2) 14 (93.4) 1 (6.2)
Target audience 0.595
For doctors and healthcare providers 3 (6.7) 1 (6.2)
For patients 42 (93.3) 15 (100.0) 15 (93.7)

Values of P<0.05 were considered significant and are marked in bold.

a

Values are given as number (percentage) or mean ± standard deviation.