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Table 1 Descriptive table: n = 161 (total number of unique websites included)

From: Assessment of the quality and variability of health information on chronic pain websites using the DISCERN instrument

Variable

Statistic N (% of total number of unique websites)

Search engine

 

Google

89 (55.3)

Yahoo

36 (22.4)

MSN

36 (22.4)

Potential for commercial gain

11 (6.8)

Health related seals of approval

58 (36.0)

Language

 

English only

122 (75.8)

English and another language

39 (24.2)

Multimedia

65 (40.4)