The reliability of national videos related to the kidney stones on YouTube

Abstract

Objective: Kidney stones are one of the most common disorders of the urinary tract. With increasing awareness, a larger proportion of patients are seeking medical knowledge from the Internet. In present study, the features, reliability and efficacy of videos on YouTube related to the treatment of kidney stones were evaluated. Material and methods:In December 2014, YouTube was searched using keywords "nephrolithiasis"; "renal calculi"; "renal stones"; and "kidney stones" for videos uploaded containing relevant information about the disease. Only videos in Turkish were included in the study. Two physician viewers watched each video and classified them as useful, partially useful and useless according to European Association of Urology (EAU) Guidelines. The source, length, number of views, number of favourable opinions, and days since uploaded date of the all videos were evaluated.Results: A total of 600 videos were analysed The median length of videos was 6.7±10.4 (median: 3, IQR: 0.03-58) minutes . Each video was viewed at an average of 2368 (min: 11, max: 97133) times. Most of the videos (32.8%) were created by academicians and physicians. Nearly half (47.4%) of the videos were uploaded in 2014. The majority of the videos (62.5%) contained information for treatment. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy and ureterorenoscopy were the most common treatment modalities (32.8% and 28.0%, respectively ) in these videos. A statistically significant difference was not detected between view numbers and source of videos (p= 0.87). However, there was a statistically significant difference between usefulness to the viewers and source of videos. Hospital -based videos were detected to be more useful (p= 0.000). Conclusion:As a result, videos that would be prepared in internet environment by professional individuals or organizations in a way which would attract attention and be easily comprehended by the public could contribute to the knowledge and education of our society about the stone disease which is commonly seen in our country.

Sufficiency of YouTube Videos as a Source of Information in Kidney Transplantation

“…Many studies have been carried out in recent years on the validity and reliability of YouTube videos related with healthcare problems. Even though the data of these studies are different from each other, the common opinion is that websites such as YouTube are important tools of knowledge for educating people (15).…”

“…Hassona et al carried out a study examining the YouTube videos related with oral cancers during which the videos uploaded by professional associations and healthcare professionals were compared as a result of which it was determined that the videos uploaded by individuals users were less useful (20). Serinken et al carried out a study examining the YouTube videos on kidney stones in which it was determined that the videos uploaded by hospitals were more useful in comparison with videos uploaded by physicians and other healthcare professionals (15). It has been determined in our study that the usefulness levels of the videos prepared by physicians were lower in comparison with other groups which is a result that is in accordance with the relevant literature.…”

“…(11,12,14). There are studies on kidney stones (15) and dialysis (16) in the field of nephrology but no study on kidney transplantation was determined. The objective of our study was to evaluate the sufficiency of YouTube videos related with kidney transplantation as sources of knowledge.…”

YouTube as a potential source of information on deep venous thrombosis

“…Adhikari et al 8 found that most videos about cervical cancer were uploaded by physicians. Serinken et al 9 indicated that most videos on renal calculus were uploaded by physicians and academics. In our study, we found that most videos about DVT were from physicians.…”

“…Serinken et al. 9 indicated that most videos on renal calculus were uploaded by physicians and academics. In our study, we found that most videos about DVT were from physicians.…”