Table 2 Characteristics of included short videos
From: The content quality and educational significance of early childhood caries on short video platforms
Category | Description | Douyin (China) (n = 91) | TikTok (America) (n = 40) | TikTok (Japan) (n = 30) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Video source | Health professionals or organizations | 78 (85.7%) | 22 (55%) | 16 (53.3%) |
Private users | 9 (9.9%) | 16 (40%) | 14 (46.7%) | |
News media | 4 (4.4%) | 2 (5%) | 0 (0%) | |
Characteristics | Video duration | 72 (10–279) | 29 (4–133) | 39 (6–112) |
Number of days online | 459 (1–1431) | 383 (15–1015) | 340 (8–1245) | |
Number of likes | 4454 (4–261 k) | 10.4 k (1–322.2 k) | 17.8 k (30–52.6 k) | |
Number of comments | 364 (0–14 k) | 141 (0–2863) | 52 (0–1237) | |
Number of collections | 793 (0–32 k) | 304 (0–5529) | 82 (0–1771) | |
Content | Education | 62 (68.1%) | 27 (67.5%) | 8 (26.7%) |
Patient experience/testimony | 16 (17.6%) | 5 (12.5%) | 10 (33.3%) | |
Patient support | 13 (14.3%) | 8 (20%) | 12 (40%) | |
Utility | Useful | 78 (85.7%) | 26 (65%) | 11 (36.7%) |
Useless | 13 (14.3%) | 14 (35%) | 19 (63.3%) |