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Table 4 Average DISCERN score for 48 webpages

From: Did online publishers “get it right”? Using a naturalistic search strategy to review cognitive health promotion content on internet webpages

Scale

Subscale or item

Mean (SD)

DISCERN

Information reliability subscale

3.10 (0.87)

 

Information quality subscale

2.40 (0.73)

 

Global rating of the overall quality of the publication as a source of information about prevention strategies

2.63 (1.05)

Other

Global rating of the quality of evidence provided in the publication

2.39 (1.20)

  1. Note: From the full sample of 86 webpages, only webpages containing substantive information about cognitive health promotion or prevention of cognitive decline are included here (N = 48)