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