Table 3.
Descriptive statistics for TikTok videos of different sources and content.
| Variables | Likes, mean (SD) | Comments, mean (SD) | Shares, mean (SD) | Days since upload (days), mean (SD) | Duration (seconds), mean (SD) | |
| Video source (n=100) | ||||||
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Doctor (n=81) | 2247 (6006) | 174.9 (358.8) | 785 (2668) | 133 (122.5) | 52.73 (21.53) |
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Individuals (n=10) | 2520 (3477) | 258.4 (341.7) | 311.3 (453.7) | 208.9 (216.9) | 37 (35.16) |
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News agencies (n=6) | 52,232 (73,964) | 182.5 (106.9) | 19,070 (38,295) | 349.3 (189.8) | 28.17 (14.82) |
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Organizations (n=3) | 73.67 (79.32) | 34.33 (40.46) | 79 (47.51) | 79.33 (66.11) | 44.33 (52.54) |
| Video content (n=100) | ||||||
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Surgery technique (n=21) | 657.7 (692) | 79.71 (82) | 68.95 (103.8) | 131.8 (115.6) | 58.24 (28.96) |
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Disease knowledge (n=56) | 1655 (3394) | 177.3 (328.1) | 543.8 (2203) | 141.2 (134.6) | 46.18 (19.6) |
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Lifestyle (n=16) | 5827 (11,657) | 292.5 (565.4) | 2204 (4168) | 149.8 (166.5) | 56.31 (32.09) |
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News (n=7) | 45,871 (69,610) | 238 (204) | 16,313 (35,711) | 303.9 (211.1) | 33.29 (17.76) |