Table 2

Demographic characteristics and comparison of the CSS, mDISCERN and mJAMA scores of each of the video sources to government and professional videos

Video sourceNumberViewsCSSmDISCERNmJAMA
Government/professional7 (10)23 807 528 (9)3.14±1.214.57±0.532.71±1.11
Entertainment news10 (14)54 244 095 (21)2.50±2.27
(p=0.694)
2.00±1.83
(p=0.004)
1.50±0.85
(p=0.033)
Internet news8 (12)30 269 699 (12)2.00±1.77
(p=0.327)
2.38±2.39
(p=0.027)
1.63±1.41
(p=0.089)
Network news30 (43)75 015 358 (29)2.53±1.31
(p=0.583)
3.13±1.19
(p=0.104)
2.73±0.69
(p=1.000)
Consumer9 (13)57 525 814 (22)1.12±1.46
(p=0.037)
2.12±1.25
(p=0.008)
1.50±0.76
(p=0.028)
Newspaper3 (4)13 034 084 (5)1.33±2.30
(p=0.241)
2.33±2.08
(p=0.136)
2.00±1.00
(p=0.700)
Education2 (3)3 907 568 (2)3.50±2.12
(p=1.000)
3.00±1.41
(p=0.592)
1.00±0.00
(p=0.081)
  • Bolded p values are significant (p<0.05).

  • Data are presented as (n (%)) or mean±SD.

  • CSS, COVID-19 Specific Score; MDISCERN, modified DISCERN score; mJAMA, modified Journal of the American Medical Association.