Table 1 Analysis of prostate cancer content on podcasts.

From: Correction: Prostate cancer and podcasts: an analysis and assessment of the quality of information about prostate cancer available on podcasts

 

All podcasts (n = 100)

Podcasts targeted to general public

(n = 62)

Podcasts targeted to medical professionals

(n = 38)

p value

Poor quality (DISCERN ≤ 3), n (%)

52 (52)

39 (63)

13 (34)

<0.01

Poor understandability (PEMAT < 75%), n (%)

35 (35)

6 (9)

29 (76)

<0.01

Poor actionability (PEMAT < 75%), n (%)

65 (65)

31 (50)

34 (89)

<0.01

Shared decision making discussed, n (%)

45 (45)

28 (45)

17 (45)

0.97

Misinformation, n (%)

12 (12)

10 (16)

2 (5)

0.11

Commercial bias, n (%)

7 (7)

6 (10)

1 (3)

0.18

  1. Bolded text indicates statistically significant p-values.