Research Article
Quality of Novel Coronavirus Related Health Information over the Internet: An Evaluation Study
Table 4
Average DISCERN score in each group by website category.
| DISCERN group | .com | .edu | .gov | .org | Others | value | (n = 22) | (n = 2) | (n = 4) | (n = 9) | (n = 11) |
| Objectives, mean (SD) | 2.84 (0.87) | 4.25 (0) | 3.18 (0.72) | 3.39 (0.86) | 3.30 (0.97) | 0.1612 | Relevance, mean (SD) | 2.61 (0.87) | 3.88 (0.18) | 3.13 (0.75) | 3.25 (0.78) | 3.16 (0.88) | 0.1095 | Information credibility, mean (SD) | 2.34 (0.84) | 3.88 (0.18) | 3.13 (0.92) | 3.11 (0.82) | 3.05 (0.94) | 0.0285 | Treatment choices, mean (SD) | 1.50 (0.39) | 2.50 (0.35) | 2.13 (0.83) | 1.97 (0.40) | 1.82 (0.53) | 0.0074 | Treatment effect, mean (SD) | 1.15 (0.17) | 1.75 (0.71) | 1.56 (0.31) | 1.31 (0.21) | 1.16 (0.13) | 0.0002 | Prevention and management, mean (SD) | 2.08 (0.67) | 3.88 (0.18) | 3.06 (0.97) | 2.67 (0.77) | 2.82 (1.05) | 0.0079 |
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