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. 2023 Feb 7;18(2):e0280281. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280281

Table 1. Description of video features and demographics of TikTok videos uploaded by older adults by valence of content a.

Valence of Video Content (Outcome) Negative Neutral Positive pb
N = 120 N = 424 N = 838
Video Themes
Physical Functioning 21 17.5% 9 2.1% 445 53.1% 0.000
Cognitive Functioning 18 15.0% 2 0.5% 3 0.4% 0.000
Social Interaction 19 15.8% 15 3.5% 380 45.3% 0.000
Demographics of Older Adult(s) in the Video
Age 0.000
 0—Young-old (60–74) 41 34.2% 123 29.0% 214 25.5%
 1—Middle-old (75–84) 40 33.3% 141 33.3% 300 35.8%
 2—Oldest-old (≥85) 39 32.5% 80 18.9% 181 21.6%
 3—Mix 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 50 6.0%
 4—Unknown 0 0.0% 80 18.9% 93 11.1%
Gender 0.000
 0—Man 10 8.3% 166 39.2% 201 24.0%
 1—Woman 107 89.2% 230 54.2% 556 66.3%
 2—Both present 3 2.5% 28 6.6% 81 9.7%

a Table values are N and column % for respective predictors and covariates.

b P-value is for χ2 test.