Table 3 Quality scores of CAD-related TikTok videos by source.
Total (n = 122) | Medical professionals (n = 98) | User-generated content (n = 11) | News programs (n = 4) | Health agencies or organizations (n = 9) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DISCERN | ||||||
Reliability of the videos (items 1–8), mean (SD) | 28.6 (2.4) | 28.6 (2.4) | 29.1 (3.6) | 28.0 (0.0) | 28.0 (0.0) | 0.047 |
Quality of treatment choices (items 9–15), mean (SD) | 14.7 (6.5) | 14.8 (6.4) | 14.1 (8.9) | 14.3 (6.2) | 14.3 (5.7) | 0.463 |
Overall information quality (item 16), mean (SD) | 3.3 (0.8) | 3.3 (0.8) | 3.5 (0.8) | 3.2 (1.0) | 3.0 (0.8) | 0.951 |
Total DISCERN score, mean (SD) | 46.5 (7.6) | 46.7 (7.6) | 46.6 (10.2) | 45.3 (5.7) | 45.6 (6.8) | 0.486 |
PEMAT | ||||||
Understandability (items 1, 3–5, 8–14, 18–19), mean (SD) [scoring rate (%)] | 60.0 (9.6) | 60.3 (9.6) | 59.0 (10.2) | 58.2 (8.2) | 58.5 (11.5) | 0.868 |
Actionability (items 20–22, 25), mean (SD) [scoring rate (%)] | 19.2 (6.4) | 19.5 (6.2) | 16.8 (8.5) | 21.4 (6.2) | 18.2 (6.6) | 0.586 |
Total PEMAT score, mean (SD) [scoring rate (%)] | 79.2 (12.6) | 79.8 (12.5) | 75.8 (11.8) | 79.6 (12.6) | 76.8 (16.2) | 0.758 |
HonCode | ||||||
Total HonCode score, mean (SD) | 1.4 (0.6) | 1.4 (0.6) | 1.3 (0.5) | 1.4 (0.5) | 1.3 (0.5) | 0.857 |
