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Table 1 Youtube video characteristics

From: YouTube as a source of education on piriformis injection: a content, quality, and reliability analysis

  

N (%)

Video Source

Physician

16 (66.6)

 

Health organization

6 (25)

 

Other health channels

(hospital, medical device)

2 (8.4)

Injection technique

Ultrasound

19 (79.2)

 

Fluoroscopy

4 (16.6)

 

Stimulator device

1 (4.2)

Discern score

≥ 3

10 (42)

 

< 3

14 (58)

JAMA

≥ 3

4 (17)

 

< 3

20 (83)

GQS

≥ 4

5 (21)

 

= 3

7 (29)

 

< 3

12 (50)

Video features

Median (25th -75th percentiles)

Min - Max

Views

8815 (3750–39435)

83–1,858,942

Subscribers

4340 (1377–9350)

55–37,800

Likes

33 (13.5–130.5)

0–1000

Dislikes

0 (0-8.5)

0–62

Duration (s)

118 (87–283.25)

36–457

Comments

2 (0–11.5)

0–46

Uploaded time (m)

96 (56.5–128.25)

30–184

View ratio

4.13 (1.3–12.3)

0.06–1290.9

Like ratio

100 (94.5–100)

87.4–100

Video power index

413.81 (145.8–1145.2)

11.3–5492.7

Video scores

  

Discern

2 (2–2)

1–4

JAMA

2 (2–2)

1–3

GQS

2.5 (2–3)

1–5

  1. JAMA: Journal of American Medical Association, GQS: Global Quality Scale. Continuous data are presented as median (25th -75th percentiles). View ratio = (Number of views) / (uploaded time (day)). Like ratio = (number of likes × 100) / (number of likes + number of dislikes). Video power index = (View ratio) x (Like ratio)