Fake news about benign prostatic hyperplasia on YouTube

Loeb, Stacy

doi:10.1111/bju.15023

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“…31,32 However, recent evidence casts doubt on this potential in view of video content quality limitations. [42][43][44]46,52 In the present study, there was a significant audience for the videos about the cervical cancer on YouTube, with most of them having more than 180 thousand views. These data reinforce the idea of the platform's popularity among Brazilians, based on some characteristics such as the importance of the topic for the target audience, justified by the fact that women are the ones who most seek health information on the internet, 65 especially, aged between 30 and 49years, 66 age where the classic signs and symptoms of cervical cancer are commonly diagnosed.…”

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“…Most of the videos were rated as poor in terms of content quality, which points to the immediate need for further discussions on the role of social media in the context of public health, especially the video platform YouTube. This idea is common among the scientific community, [42][43][44] pointing to the need for studies that assess the impact of using YouTube in the context of public health.…”

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“…[35][36][37][38] However, the risk of the dissemination of misleading information cannot be ignored, [39][40][41] as videos are not peer-reviewed and/or generally not published by healthcare institutions. [42][43][44] Videos on different topics in the health area have been widely disseminated on YouTube, whether with the aim of informing the layperson about a specific topic, 43,45,46 professional and medical training or for the exchange of experience between patients. 44,47 The concern is with the quality of the content of these videos, putting in doubt the potential of their application as an effective strategy for health education.…”

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Quality analysis of the most viewed videos on YouTube about cervical cancer in Brazil

Bernuci¹,

Deus²,

Pascotini³

et al. 2022

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Cervical cancer is a major cause of preventable death in women. Health education strategies on preventive and protective methods are decisive for health promotion. In view of the popularity of the YouTube platform, this study evaluated 169 most viewed videos, selected based on the keyword "cervical cancer" in Brazil. These were downloaded and transcribed and analyzed for technical information and content analysis compared to information from the World Health Organization. Most of the analyzed videos are short; posted by laypeople (37.9%) and widely viewed (1,400 to more than 62,000). Although the majority try to disseminate information content, more than 58.9% do not cover the definition of cervical cancer, its risk factors (80.47%), signs and symptoms (68.64%), primary prevention (68.5%) and tertiary prevention (74.56%). Secondary prevention was addressed in 49.70%, but only 1.2% with correct and complete information. In general, 57.4% of the videos were rated as bad or very bad, pointing to the low quality of information about cervical cancer prevention on YouTube in Brazil. In conclusion, YouTube has been used in Brazil to discuss important issues about cervical cancer, but the quality of the video content is quite limited.

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Quality analysis of the most viewed videos on YouTube about cervical cancer in Brazil

Bernuci¹,

Deus²,

Pascotini³

et al. 2022

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“…Recently, a myriad of studies pertaining to urological diseases and procedures have analyzed the reliability of YouTube videos as a source of medical information for patients (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15). These studies, spanning across benign prostatic hyperplasia, stone treatment (15, 16), infertility (17), and erectile dysfunction (9) observed that YouTube videos had low quality of content, provided unreliable or false information and were subject to commercial bias.…”

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“…Only one study examining the quality and reliability of YouTube videos on pelvic floor muscle training observed most of the studies to be useful, albeit moderate in reliability, quality, and accuracy (18). Loeb (11) examined the existing literature for impact of social media on information about various benign and malignant urological conditions. They concluded that majority of the available information was biased, inadequate, misinformative, and commercially sponsored.…”

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Evaluation of YouTube Videos as a Source of Patient Information for Ureteric Stent Placement: A Quality Assessment Study

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ObjectiveTo assess the quality of YouTube videos on ureteric stent placement (USP) as a source of patient available.MethodsYouTube was searched using search terms “DJ stenting,” “Double J stenting,” and “ureteric stenting.” The initial 100 videos displayed with each of the above mentioned search terms were scrutinized. The selected videos reviewed by 3 independent consultant urologists against a pre-agreed scoring system based upon European Association of Urology (EAU) patient information sheet on ureteric stent placement. The videos were scored qualitatively and quantitatively based on the scores achieved in various domains of the scoring Performa. Data was also collected for the number of views, likes, dislikes, and time duration of each video.ResultsA total of 22 videos which fulfilled the inclusion criteria were reviewed. All the videos were uploaded by healthcare organizations or healthcare websites. None of the videos were classified as “Good” based on reviewer scores and only one video was classified as “acceptable.” Fourteen videos were classified as “very poor” with a score of <5/20. General information about stents was described by majority of the studies whilst preoperative information, procedure description, danger signs, and follow up were scarcely described by most videos.ConclusionMajority of YouTube videos on USP are of poor overall quality and lack pertinent information. This calls for creation of comprehensive and unbiased videos for patient information on USP.

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