Table 2 DISCERN instrument ratings
SECTION 1: Is the publication reliable? | |||||||||
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Vendor | Website | 1. Are the aims clear? | 2. Does it achieve its aims? | 3. Is it relevant? | 4. Is it clear what sources of information were used to compile the publication (other than the author or producer)? | 5. Is it clear when the information used or reported in the publication was produced? | 6. Is it balanced and unbiased? | 7. Does it provide details of additional sources of support and information? | 8. Does it refer to areas of uncertainty? |
1836 Kratom | 4.67 | 4.67 | 3.67 | 2.00 | 1.67 | 3.67 | 3.33 | 3.00 | |
Austin Organic Village | 4.67 | 4.67 | 3.00 | 3.67 | 2.67 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | |
Authentic Kratom | 4.33 | 4.33 | 4.33 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.67 | 1.67 | |
Buy Kratom Bulk USA | 3.67 | 3.67 | 2.67 | 1.67 | 2.00 | 1.33 | 2.33 | 1.67 | |
Chief Kratom | 2.67 | 2.67 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 2.67 | |
Choice Botanicals | 3.67 | 3.67 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.00 | |
Christopher's Organic Botanicals | 4.67 | 4.67 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 2.33 | 2.00 | |
Crisp Kratom | 3.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 2.00 | |
First Coast Tea | 2.00 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.33 | 1.00 | |
Golden Rule Botanicals | 3.33 | 3.00 | 1.67 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.67 | |
Happy Hippo | 4.67 | 4.67 | 3.67 | 1.33 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.33 | 1.67 | |
Harvest Kratom | 4.00 | 3.67 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.33 | |
Hush Kratom | 3.33 | 3.00 | 1.67 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.67 | |
K Chill | 3.33 | 3.33 | 2.00 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 2.00 | 2.33 | 1.33 | |
Kats Botanicals | 4.67 | 4.67 | 3.33 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.33 | 1.67 | |
King Kratom | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.33 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | |
Kosta Kratom | 3.33 | 3.00 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.67 | |
Kraken Kratom | 4.33 | 4.33 | 3.33 | 2.00 | 1.67 | 2.67 | 2.33 | 3.67 | |
Kratom Divine | 4.67 | 4.33 | 3.67 | 2.00 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 2.67 | 3.00 | |
Kratom kaps | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kratom krates | 3.67 | 3.67 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.33 | 2.00 | |
Kratom Now | 4.67 | 4.67 | 2.67 | 1.67 | 1.33 | 2.67 | 2.33 | 2.00 | |
Kratom Source USA | 4.00 | 4.00 | 2.67 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 2.00 | 1.67 | |
Kratom Spot | 4.67 | 4.33 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.33 | 2.67 | 2.00 | |
Kryptic Kratom | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.67 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.33 | |
Laughing Lion Herbs | 4.67 | 4.33 | 4.33 | 2.00 | 1.67 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | |
Left Coast Kratom | 4.00 | 4.00 | 2.67 | 2.33 | 2.00 | 2.33 | 2.00 | 1.33 | |
MIT 45 | 3.67 | 3.67 | 3.00 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.67 | |
New Dawn Kratom | 4.33 | 4.33 | 3.33 | 3.00 | 2.33 | 3.00 | 3.33 | 3.00 | |
NuWave Botanicals | 3.67 | 3.33 | 2.67 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.67 | |
Oasis Kratom Products | 4.33 | 4.33 | 3.00 | 1.67 | 2.00 | 2.33 | 3.00 | 3.00 | |
Optimized Plant Mediated Solutions | 4.33 | 4.33 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 2.33 | 2.00 | 3.33 | |
Organic Kratom USA | 4.00 | 3.67 | 2.67 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.67 | 2.67 | 2.00 | |
Phytoextractum | 4.00 | 3.67 | 2.67 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.67 | 2.67 | 1.33 | |
Premium EXP Kratom | 4.00 | 4.00 | 2.33 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.33 | |
PurKratom | 4.67 | 4.67 | 4.00 | 1.67 | 1.33 | 2.67 | 2.00 | 2.67 | |
Remarkable Herbs | 3.00 | 2.67 | 2.67 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.33 | 2.00 | |
SK | 4.33 | 4.33 | 2.67 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 3.00 | 2.33 | 2.33 | |
Super Speciosa Raw Leaf | 4.67 | 4.67 | 3.33 | 2.67 | 2.00 | 2.33 | 2.67 | 2.00 | |
The Golden Monk | 4.67 | 4.67 | 2.67 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 2.67 | 2.33 | 2.00 | |
Tusk Ultra Premium Kratom | 4.33 | 4.00 | 2.67 | 2.33 | 2.33 | 2.33 | 3.00 | 2.33 | |
Viable Solutions | 4.67 | 4.67 | 2.67 | 4.33 | 3.00 | 2.33 | 3.33 | 1.67 | |
Whole Herbs | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.33 | 1.33 | 2.00 | 2.33 | 1.67 | 2.67 | |
Total Mean Score | 3.98 | 3.86 | 2.71 | 1.75 | 1.64 | 2.06 | 2.09 | 2.02 | |
Total Standard Deviation | 0.67 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.50 | 0.58 | 0.70 | 0.64 | |
SECTION 2: How good is the quality of information on treatment choices? | SECTION 3: Overall rating? | |||||||||
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Vendor | 9. Does it describe how each treatment works? | 10. Does it describe the benefits of each treatment? | 11. Does it describe the risks of each treatment? | 12. Does it describe what would happen if no treatment is used? | 13. Does it describe how the treatment choices affect overall quality of life? | 14. Is it clear that there may be more than one possible treatment choice? | 15. Does it provide support for shared decision-making? | 16. Based on the answers to all of the above questions, rate the overall quality of the publication as a source of information about treatment choices | Standard Deviation of Overall Score (Q16) | DISCERN Score (Sum of Q1-Q15) |
1836 Kratom | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.33 | 1.33 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 3.33 | 1.15 | 43.33 |
Austin Organic Village | 3.33 | 3.67 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.67 | 2.67 | 0.58 | 40.33 |
Authentic Kratom | 3.67 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 2.00 | 2.67 | 0.58 | 38.33 |
Buy Kratom Bulk USA | 2.00 | 1.67 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 0.58 | 28.67 |
Chief Kratom | 1.33 | 1.00 | 2.33 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.67 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 25.33 |
Choice Botanicals | 2.33 | 2.33 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 0.58 | 26.33 |
Christopher's Organic Botanicals | 3.67 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 2.33 | 2.67 | 0.58 | 36.33 |
Crisp Kratom | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 0.58 | 26.00 |
First Coast Tea | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 0.58 | 18.00 |
Golden Rule Botanicals | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 0.58 | 23.33 |
Happy Hippo | 3.33 | 3.67 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.33 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 37.67 |
Harvest Kratom | 1.67 | 2.00 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 0.58 | 24.67 |
Hush Kratom | 1.33 | 1.33 | 3.67 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.33 | 0.58 | 26.67 |
K Chill | 1.33 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 2.67 | 1.67 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 29.33 |
Kats Botanicals | 2.33 | 3.33 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.33 | 0.58 | 35.33 |
King Kratom | 1.67 | 1.00 | 2.33 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.67 | 1.67 | 0.58 | 25.33 |
Kosta Kratom | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.33 | 0.58 | 22.67 |
Kraken Kratom | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 2.33 | 2.67 | 0.58 | 35.33 |
Kratom Divine | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.33 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 3.33 | 1.15 | 39.67 |
Kratom kaps | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kratom krates | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 0.58 | 25.00 |
Kratom Now | 2.67 | 3.00 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 2.33 | 2.67 | 0.58 | 35.33 |
Kratom Source USA | 1.67 | 2.00 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 0.58 | 29.00 |
Kratom Spot | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 2.67 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 39.00 |
Kryptic Kratom | 1.67 | 2.67 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 0.58 | 23.67 |
Laughing Lion Herbs | 3.00 | 3.67 | 3.67 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 2.33 | 3.33 | 3.33 | 1.15 | 43.67 |
Left Coast Kratom | 2.00 | 2.33 | 1.67 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 2.33 | 2.33 | 0.58 | 33.33 |
MIT 45 | 2.00 | 2.33 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 0.58 | 29.33 |
New Dawn Kratom | 2.67 | 3.33 | 3.67 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 2.67 | 3.33 | 0.58 | 43.33 |
NuWave Botanicals | 3.00 | 3.67 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 2.33 | 2.33 | 0.58 | 33.67 |
Oasis Kratom Products | 2.67 | 2.33 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 37.00 |
Optimized Plant Mediated Solutions | 1.33 | 1.00 | 3.67 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 3.00 | 2.67 | 0.58 | 34.67 |
Organic Kratom USA | 2.33 | 2.33 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 2.67 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 33.00 |
Phytoextractum | 2.00 | 2.33 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 2.33 | 1.67 | 2.67 | 0.58 | 32.67 |
Premium EXP Kratom | 1.67 | 1.67 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 0.58 | 26.67 |
PurKratom | 3.67 | 3.67 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 2.67 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 40.67 |
Remarkable Herbs | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.67 | 0.58 | 25.33 |
SK | 3.00 | 2.67 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 2.33 | 2.67 | 1.15 | 36.00 |
Super Speciosa Raw Leaf | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.33 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.33 | 2.67 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 39.33 |
The Golden Monk | 2.33 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.33 | 2.67 | 2.33 | 0.58 | 34.33 |
Tusk Ultra Premium Kratom | 2.67 | 4.00 | 3.67 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 3.67 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 41.00 |
Viable Solutions | 1.67 | 2.00 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 2.67 | 2.67 | 0.58 | 38.00 |
Whole Herbs | 3.00 | 2.67 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.67 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 37.67 |
Total Mean Score | 2.25 | 2.36 | 2.03 | 1.02 | 1.39 | 1.33 | 2.23 | 2.35 | 0.61 | 32.72 |
Total Standard Deviation | 0.79 | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.07 | 0.31 | 0.43 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.31 | 6.69 |