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Table 1 Quality distribution of Arabic websites according to JAMA benchmarks and DISCERN tool (N = 89)

From: Quality and readability of web-based Arabic health information on periodontal disease

 

ALL

(N = 89)

Commercial

(N = 20)

Health/Prof

(N = 16)

Journalism

(N = 21)

Others

(N = 32)

P

JAMA/Authorship; Yes responses

38 (42.7)

3 (15.0)

10 (62.5)

13 (61.9)

12 (37.5)

0.006

JAMA/Attribution; Yes responses

14 (15.7)

0 (0.0)

5 (31.3)

2 (9.5)

7 (21.9)

0.043

JAMA/Disclosure; Yes responses

58 (65.2)

17 (85.0)

8 (50.0)

18 (85.7)

15 (46.9)

0.003

JAMA/Currency; Yes responses

28 (31.5)

5 (25.0)

6 (37.5)

6 (28.6)

11 (34.4)

0.834

JAMA

 No criteria met

14 (15.7)

3 (15.0)

2 (12.5)

0 (0.0)

9 (28.1)

0.132

 One criterion met

30 (33.7)

10 (50.0)

5 (31.3)

7 (33.3)

8 (25.0)

 Two criteria met

30 (33.7)

6 (30.0)

5 (31.3)

10 (47.6)

9 (28.1)

 Three criteria met

12 (13.5)

1 (5.0)

2 (12.5)

4 (19.1)

5 (15.6)

 Four criteria met

3 (3.4)

0 (0.0)

2 (12.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (3.1)

DISCERN

 Low

43 (48.4)

11 (55.0)

4 (25.0)

14 (66.7)

14 (43.8)

0.128

 Medium

44 (49.4)

9 (45.0)

11 (68.8)

6 (28.6)

18 (56.2)

 High

2 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

1 (6.2)

1 (4.7)

0 (0.0)

JAMA (Mean ± SD)

1.6 ± 1.0

1.3 ± 0.8

1.8 ± 1.2

1.9 ± 0.7

1.4 ± 1.2

0.143*

DISCERN (Mean ± SD)

36.4 ± 11.3

32.2 ± 8.2

42.4 ± 13.3

31.9 ± 10.1

39.0 ± 10.9

0.007*ʱ

  1. * Kruskal-Willis test was used
  2. ʱ “Journalism” category was different from other categories based on Bonferroni pairwise comparisons
  3. All other test were done using Chi-square or Fisher exact tests as appropriate
  4. P value is considered significant at < 0.05