Table 1 Characteristics of videos about SAHS on YouTube/ Bilibili/ TikTok (P(Y-B): YouTube versus Bilibili; P(B-T): Bilibili versus TikTok; P(Y–T): YouTube versus TikTok. All the P-values were obtained from Mann–Whitney U test; Bold text means the P-value < 0.0167, following Bonferroni correction; aExcluded: 5 videos on YouTube turned off the function of thumbs-up; bExcluded: 11 videos on YouTube turned off the function of comments).

From: A cross-sectional analysis of the quality and characteristics of sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome videos on YouTube, Bilibili, and TikTok

Platform

YouTube(N1 = 35 )

Bilibili(N2 = 93 )

TikTok(N2 = 99 )

P-value

Characteristic

M

Min–Max

P25–P75

M

Min–Max

P25–P75

M

Min–Max

P25–P75

P(Y-B)

P(B-T)

P(Y–T)

Video length(s)

167

8–5639

99–376

237

31–8972

91–377

39

6–2324

19.5–73

0.084

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Duration(day)

1936.00

89–5073

707–3443

569.04

23–2863

307–766

267.33

8–1763

86–330

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Views

63,512.11

165–878,039

4943–49,732

13,345.66

33–282,000

160–2230

 < 0.001

Thumbs upa

1103.11

3–24,000

60–646

779.75

0–28,000

1–65

28,992.43

12–1,499,000

64–3281

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.197

Commentsb

97.47

0–2497

0–50

25.29

0–562

0–7

3565.15

1–137,000

5–150

0.003

 < 0.001

0.009

Collections

123.56

0–4004

0–25

4378.88

2–78,000

13–1007

 < 0.001

Shares

213.67

0–8818

1–21

26,269.98

0–470,000

23–2877

 < 0.001

Coin-operated

12.79

0–341

0–3