Supplementary Table
Supplementary Table 1. Summary of Quality, Readability, and Technical Metrics for Individual Websites
Website HONCode DISCERN Readability Technical
Metrics
American Society of Plastic Surgeons 7.5 3 13.23 9
UT Southwestern 6.5 2.5 12.32 6
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 5.5 3.5 13.73 9
American Board of Cosmetic Surgery 3 2.5 14.67 10
Columbia Surgery 5 2 13.48 8
WebMD 11.5 1.5 9.37 6
Dr. Joseph Racanelli 4.5 1.5 9.75 8
Wikipedia 5 4 22.30 7
Mount Sinai Medical Center 5.5 2.5 12.02 10
Penn Medicine 6 3 13.38 8
Mayo Clinic 14 4 9.20 9
Boston Medical Center 6 2 10.05 9
Harvard Health Publishing 8 3 12.62 10
Dr. David Rosenberg 2.5 2 11.10 9
Allure 7 3.5 13.47 6
NY Facial Plastic Surgery 6 2 10.67 10
Robert Zubowski 5.5 2 12.25 9
Sobel Skin 2.5 2 8.43 9
Hackensack University Medical Center 6 3 10.37 9
Healthline 14.5 3.5 11.05 8
Dr. John Decorato 3 2 11.95 8
University of Wisconsin 6.5 2 14.08 9
Emory Health 6.5 3.5 12.70 9
University of Michigan 6 2.5 11.15 10
University of Utah 6 2.5 16.28 8
Juvly 3 2.5 10.78 7
Dr. Peter Damico 3 3 8.53 10
Cleveland Clinic 11 3.5 14.12 10
Dr. Paul Nassif 4.5 3 10.10 9
Johns Hopkins Medicine 6 2.5 11.15 9
Peace Love Med 2 2 12.15 8
LA Beauty Skin Center 3 2 13.50 8
Carolinas Plastic Surgery Center 3 2.5 10.17 8
Montefiore Medical Center 5 3 10.53 9
Dr. John Sherman 5 3 11.28 9
Dr. Sheila Bond Plastic Surgery 6 2.5 10.97 10
Kaiser Permanente 5 2.5 11.67 8
Dr. Geoffrey Tobias 2 1.5 12.10 9
Dr. Sam Rizk 6.5 2.5 14.78 9
Dr. Richard D'Amico 5 3 10.77 9
Dr. Joshua Zimm 6 3 11.72 9
Dr. Sanjay Lalla 5 2 13.03 8
Supplemental Table 2. Summary of Quality, Readability, and Technical Metrics for IS and PS Score, Mean (SD)
Variable Total (n=42) IS (n=23) PS (n=19) p-value
Quality
HON Quality 5.74 (2.79) 7.09 (2.91) 4.11 (1.51) < 0.001
DISCERN Reliability 2.53 (0.58) 2.82 (0.60) 2.19 (0.30) < 0.001
DISCERN Quality 2.82 (0.55) 2.92 (0.60) 2.71 (0.47) 0.239
DISCERN Overall 2.61 (0.65) 2.85 (0.66) 2.32 (0.51) 0.009
Readability
Flesch Reading Ease Score 49.17 (9.78) 46.86 (10.32) 51.98 (8.52) 0.073 Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level 11.22 (2.34) 11.85 (2.69) 10.45 (1.58) 0.039 Gunning Fog Index 14.42 (2.70) 15.16 (3.10) 13.53 (1.83) 0.058 Coleman-Liau Index 11.50 (1.35) 11.74 (1.25) 11.21 (1.44) 0.167 Simple Measure of
Goggledygook 10.59 (1.80) 11.07 (2.02) 10.01 (1.31) 0.069
Automated Readability
Index 11.73 (3.01) 12.63 (3.47) 10.65 (1.93) 0.039
Linsear Write Formula 12.96 (3.81) 13.97 (4.47) 11.73 (2.37) 0.058 Average Reading Grade
Level 12.07 (1.39) 12.74 (1.55) 11.26 (1.26) 0.065
Technical Total Score 8.62 (1.08) 8.52 (1.27) 8.74 (0.81) 0.852
Bolded values = statistically significant (p<0.05)
