Users’ experience with health-related content on YouTube: an exploratory study

Mohamed, Fatma; Shoufan, Abdulhadi

doi:10.1186/s12889-023-17585-5

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“…▪ Collaboration with Physicians: Health professionals should create engaging and authentic content to combat misinformation (Mohamed & Shoufan, 2024;Swire-Thompson & Lazer, 2020). Our study found that many respondents follow health advice from verified doctors' pages, indicating the potential impact of credible medical content.…”

Section: Strategies For Combating Misinformationmentioning

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Health Misinformation on Social Media in Bangladesh: Public Health Impact and Mitigation Strategies

Labonno,

bin Ahsan

2024

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The dissemination of health misinformation via digital platforms poses a significant risk to public health in Bangladesh, with many individuals acting on false information. This study aims to understand how the general population engages with health-related content, identify the causes and impact of misinformation, and offer recommendations to mitigate this issue. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study combines qualitative data from detailed interviews with quantitative data from online surveys. Key findings indicate a widespread tendency to trust and follow health recommendations found online, often without verification, leading to potential health risks. The study emphasizes the importance of adhering to authentic medical advice and highlights the need for an integrated approach involving healthcare professionals and government initiatives to combat misinformation. Recommendations include improving digital literacy, enhancing fact-checking mechanisms, and promoting credible health information sources.

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Section: Strategies For Combating Misinformationmentioning

confidence: 81%

Health Misinformation on Social Media in Bangladesh: Public Health Impact and Mitigation Strategies

Labonno,

bin Ahsan

2024

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“…Since false information regarding health problems spreads very quickly through the internet, patients might be easily misdirected to debated treatments. [ 25 ] Based on this concern, for the first time, we evaluated videos on bruxism treatments on YouTube, an open-access site frequently used to obtain health-related information [ 9 , 26 ].…”

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“…Nowadays, an increasing number of users are utilizing the internet to obtain health-related information, [ 1 , 2 ] and searching for health information online is among the most popular online activities [ 3 ] Indeed, a 2012 survey conducted in the United States revealed that 72% of internet users had searched for health information online in the past year, and 35% of them had used the internet as a diagnostic tool [ 4 ] Youtube is a video platform that offers visual and audio content on websites [ 5 ] and the viewing rate of health-related videos on YouTube is increasing day by day [ 6 ] According to the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) conducted by the National Cancer Institute, the proportion of people who watched health-related YouTube videos in the past year increased from 39.7% in 2020 (HINTS 5 Cycle 4) to 59% in the 2022 survey (HINTS 6) [ 7 ] A study conducted in 2024 with 3000 YouTube users found that 84.6% of the participants watched health-related videos on YouTube and 84.7% made decisions based on what they watched [ 8 ].…”

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Bruxism treatment on Youtube: evaluating reliability and information accuracy

Odabaşı,

Hasanoğlu Erbaşar,

Sancak

2024

BMC Oral Health

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Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the content and quality of videos about bruxism treatments on YouTube, a platform frequently used by patients today to obtain information. Methods A YouTube search was performed using the keywords “bruxism treatment” and “teeth grinding treatment”. “The sort by relevance” filter was used for both search terms and the first 150 videos were saved. A total of 139 videos that met the study criteria were included in the study. Videos were classified as poor, moderate or excellent based on a usefulness score that evaluated content quality. The modified DISCERN tool was also used to evaluate video quality. Additionally, videos were categorized according to the upload source, target audience and video type. The types of treatments mentioned in the videos and the demographic data of the videos were recorded. Results According to the usefulness score, 59% of the videos were poor-quality, 36.7% were moderate-quality and 4.3% were excellent-quality. Moderate-quality videos had a higher interaction index than excellent-quality videos (p = 0.039). The video duration of excellent-quality videos was longer than that of moderate and poor-quality videos (p = 0.024, p = 0.002). Videos with poor-quality content were found to have significantly lower DISCERN scores than videos with moderate (p < 0.001) and excellent-quality content (p = 0.008). Additionally, there was a significantly positive and moderate (r = 0.446) relationship between DISCERN scores and content usefulness scores (p < 0.001). There was only a weak positive correlation between DISCERN scores and video length (r = 0.359; p < 0.001). The videos uploaded by physiotherapists had significantly higher views per day and viewing rate than videos uploaded by medical doctors (p = 0.037), university-hospital-institute (p = 0.024) and dentists (p = 0.006). The videos uploaded by physiotherapists had notably higher number of likes and number of comments than videos uploaded by medical doctors (p = 0.023; p = 0.009, respectively), university-hospital-institute (p = 0.003; p = 0.008, respectively) and dentists (p = 0.002; p = 0.002, respectively). Conclusions Although the majority of videos on YouTube about bruxism treatments are produced by professionals, most of the videos contain limited information, which may lead patients to debate treatment methods. Health professionals should warn patients against this potentially misleading content and direct them to reliable sources.

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Physician-led YouTube videos related to anterior cruciate ligament injuries provide higher quality educational content compared to other sources

Cole,

Bach,

Theismann

et al. 2024

Journal of ISAKOS

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