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 |