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Table 2 Descriptive analysis of the narrative comments and the sentiment

From: A cross-sectional study assessing the association between online ratings and clinical quality of care measures for US hospitals: results from an observational study

Overall rating result (scaled-survey ratings)a

Length of comments (in words)

Number of topics mentioned

Sentiment of topics (N = 3453; in %)

Overall sentiment of comments (N = 1000; in %)

Mean ± SD

p 1

Total

Mean ± SD

p 1

Positive

Neutral

Negative

p 2

Positive

Neutral

Negative

p 2

One star

73.02 ± 78.04

<.001

697

3.48 ± 2.15

.209

1.6

1.9

96.6

<.001

1.0

1.0

98.0

<.001

Two stars

79.05 ± 69.51

 

735

3.68 ± 1.17

 

4.1

1.4

94.6

 

1.5

1.0

97.5

 

Three stars

72.62 ± 65.17

 

700

3.50 ± 2.05

 

14.6

6.3

79.1

 

2.5

12.5

85.0

 

Four stars

48.53 ± 45.09

 

653

3.27 ± 2.11

 

61.1

6.1

32.8

 

57.5

15.0

27.5

 

Five stars

38.45 ± 39.54

 

668

3.34 ± 2.10

 

97.2

0.3

2.5

 

98.5

0.5

1.0

 

Overall

62.33 ± 63.17

 

3453

3.45 ± 2.10

 

34.5

3.2

62.4

 

32.2

6.0

61.8

 
  1. aA higher number of stars indicate a better overall rating; Note: each rating result group contained 200 analysed narrative comments
  2. 1Kruskal Wallis test
  3. 2Chi-square test