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Table 2 News source characteristics

From: The development and validation of an instrument to measure the quality of health research reports in the lay media

 

Toronto Star

National Post

The Spectator

Winnipeg Sun

Number of articles

7

7

7

7

Median QIMR rating (excluding global rating) (/102) (%) [range]

62 (60.78%) [20-84]

49.5 (48.53%) [37-68]

54.5 (53.43%) [24-75]

50.5 (49.51%) [24-72]

Median ‘background’ domain score (/35) (%) [range]

25.5 (72.86%) [11-30]

18.5 (52.86%) [11-25]

16 (45.71%) [10-28]

16.5 (47.14%) [8-25]

Median ‘sources’ domain score (/21) (%) [range]

12.5 (59.52%) [0-18]

7 (33.33%) [1–15]

8 (38.10%) [1–14]

9 (42.86%) [3–16]

Median ‘results’ domain score (/21) (%) [range]

15 (71.43%) [5–18]

13 (61.90%) [6–18]

12 (57.14%) [4–18]

11 (52.38%) [4–18]

Median ‘context’ domain score (/21) (%) [range]

11.5 (54.76%) [0-18]

9.5 (45.24%) [3–18]

11 (52.38%) [3–18]

8 (38.10%) [3–15]

Median ‘validity’ domain score (/21) (%) [range]

0 (0%) [0-14]

0 (0%) [0-16]

4 (19.05%) [0-11]

0 (0%) [0-4]

Median global score (/7) [range]

5 [2-6]

4 [2-6]

4 [2-6]

3 [2-6]