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Table 5 Completeness score by video source, video subject, and video form

From: Assessment of reliability and information quality of YouTube videos about root canal treatment after 2016

 

Etiology

Anatomy

Symptoms

Procedure

Postoperative course

Prognosis

Video source

 Dentist

0.73 ± 0.87

0.85 ± 0.79

0.66 ± 0.73

1.24 ± 0.63

0.51 ± 0.60

0.39 ± 0.49

 Specialist

0.50 ± 0.80

0.84 ± 0.72

0.38 ± 0.66

1.50 ± 0.72

0.56 ± 0.62

0.25 ± 0.44

 Commercial

0.33 ± 0.52

0.67 ± 0.52

0.00 ± 0.00

1.33 ± 0.52

0.33 ± 0.82

0.00 ± 0.00

 University

0.14 ± 0.38

1.00 ± 0.82

0.14 ± 0.38

1.57 ± 0.79

0.00 ± 0.00

0.14 ± 0.37

 Others

0.89 ± 0.93

0.89 ± 0.93

0.44 ± 0.73

0.89 ± 0.78

0.33 ± 0.50

0.33 ± 0.50

p-value

0.261a

0.971a

0.052a

0.091a

0.126a

0.249a

Video subject

 Information for dentists

0.19 ± 0.48

0.70 ± 0.76

0.21 ± 0.53

1.60 ± 0.56

0.44 ± 0.63

0.14 ± 0.35

 Information for laypersons

1.21 ± 0.84

1.08 ± 0.75

0.84 ± 0.72

0.92 ± 0.67

0.50 ± 0.56

0.53 ± 0.51

p-value

0.000b*

0.017b*

0.000b*

0.000b*

0.437b

0.000b*

Video form

 Real procedure

0.18 ± 0.49

0.64 ± 0.77

0.20 ± 0.51

1.71 ± 0.46

0.49 ± 0.63

0.11 ± 0.32

 Clinician explanation

1.18 ± 0.795

0.95 ± 0.65

1.00 ± 0.69

0.73 ± 0.63

0.41 ± 0.59

0.64 ± 0.49

 Animation

0.82 ± 0.095

1.11 ± 0.74

0.46 ± 0.69

1.18 ± 0.67

0.46 ± 0.58

0.32 ± 0.48

p-value

0.000a*

0.024a*

0.000a*

0.000a*

0.879a

0.000a*

  1. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation
  2. aKruskal-Wallis test was used
  3. bMann-Whitney U test was used
  4. *p < 0.05