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Table 3 Comparison of the video features according to the sources

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

 

Physician

 

Health organization

Other health channels

P

Views

9357.5 (83–1858942)

 

16,020 (764–98000)

3933.5 (3667–4200)

0.573

Subscriber

6410

(55–37800)

 

2890

(704–15600)

720.5

(111–1330)

0.220

Likes

36.5

(0–1000)

 

42 (16–251)

9 (9–9)

0.499

Dislikes

0 (0–62)

 

0 (0–36)

0 (0–0)

0.721

Duration (s)

118 (67–398)

 

157 (36–288)

247 (37–457)

0.896

Comments

2 (0–46)

 

5 (0–15)

0 (0–0)

0.555

Uploaded time (m)

90 (30–184)

 

120 (38–166)

117 (84–150)

0.235

View ratio

4.13 (0.06–1290)

 

5.46 (0.26–19.68)

1.24 (0.81–1.67)

0.455

Like ratio

100 (92.61–100)

 

100 (87.46–100)

100 (100–100)

0.734

Video power index

392.85 (11.39–5492.78)

 

546.03 (26.25–1721.03)

166.67 (166.67 − 166.67)

0.721

Video scores

    

Discern

2.5 (1–4)

2 (1–3)

2.5 (1–4)

0.215

JAMA

2 (1–3)

2 (1–2)

2 (1–3)

0.268

GQS

3 (1–5)

2 (1–3)

2.5 (1–4)

0.463

  1. JAMA: Journal of American Medical Association, GQS: Global Quality Scale. Continuous data are presented as median (min-max). 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)