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Table 3 Search engine and target audience

From: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure: an assessment of the quality and readability of online information

 

FRE

FKGL

GFI

Coleman–Liau

SMOG

JAMA

DISCERN

Website age days

Google

44.8 ± 15.2

11.7 ± 2.8

14.9 ± 3

11.9 ± 2.1

10.8 ± 2.1

3.2 ± 0.9

61.9 ± 8.7

1629

Bing

44.3 ± 14.7

11.6 ± 2.5

14.7 ± 2.7

12.2 ± 2.3

10.8 ± 1.9

3.2 ± 1

59.8 ± 9.7

1325

Yahoo

46.7 ± 14.6

11.5 ± 2.7

14.8 ± 3

11.7 ± 2.1

10.7 ± 2

3.0 ± 1.1

60.2 ± 9.4

1521

Patient aimed

58.7 ± 9.6

9.2 ± 1.8

12.4 ± 2.5

10.3 ± 1.8

9.0 ± 1.3

2.3 ± 1.1

59.9 ± 11.5

1561

Medical professional aimed

35.3 ± 11.3

13.2 ± 2.2

16.3 ± 2.3

13.2 ± 1.9

12.1 ± 1.7

3.7 ± 0.7

59.4 ± 9.4

2156

  1. Overall results for each scoring system, presented as mean ± standard variation. FRE indicates Flesch Reading Ease, FKGL Flesch–Kincaid grade level, GFI Gunning Fog Index, SMOG Simple Measure of Gobbledygook, DISCERN DISCERN instrument, JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association benchmark criteria, Website age in days