YouTube and food allergy: An appraisal of the educational quality of information

Reddy, Keerthi; Kearns, M.; Alvarez‐Arango, Santiago; Carrillo-Martín, Ismael; Cuervo-Pardo, N.; Cuervo‐Pardo, Lyda; Dimov, Vesselin; Lang, David M.; Lopez-Alvarez, Sonia; Schroer, Brian; Mohan, Kaushik; Dula, Mark; Zheng, Shimin; Kozinetz, Claudia A.; Gonzalez‐Estrada, Alexei

doi:10.1111/pai.12885

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“…A poor vid- eos uploaded by non health professions. This is a rate that is comparable to similar studies of information found on YouTube for other diseases, such as food allergies [17], inflammatory bowel disease (24%) [18], anorexia (29%) [19], and rheumatoid arthritis (30%) [20] Lena, et al analyzed the videos on You-Tube about lingual orthodontic treatment that 30.7% (n = 32) of the videos were included high content about treatment and that most videos were uploaded by a layperson (58.7%, n = 61) [21]. Sahin, et al…”

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Evaluation of the Content of YouTube Videos about Vaginismus

Yeliz¹,

Coşkun²,

Palas³

2019

Int J Women's Health Wellness

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Backgrounds: To evaluate the quality of information in YouTube videos about vaginismus. Methods: A search for "vaginismus" was performed on YouTube in January 5, 2019. Two researchers watched and analyzed each video's overall information and scientific content and rated it as good, fair or poor as a co-decision. for their sources, suggestions and information contents (good, fair or poor). Results: Of the three hundred videos viewed on You-Tube, 106 videos were included and analyzed. Mean video length (mean ± standard deviation) was 4.63 ± 2.73 minute. The information content was good only in 19 (17.9%) of all videos while for a majority of them it was poor (44.3% n = 47). There was no relation between the reliability of the videos' contents and their viewings (p = 0.073). Videos uploaded by health professionals were more reliable than those uploaded by laypersons (p < 0.001). Conclusions: The study suggests that the videos at You-Tube could not be a reliable source of for patients with vaginismus. Health professions should be encouraged to upload more videos with good content and the patients with vaginismus should be warned about the unedited videos uploaded by laypersons and canalized to watch videos uploaded by health professions.

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Evaluation of the Content of YouTube Videos about Vaginismus

Yeliz¹,

Coşkun²,

Palas³

2019

Int J Women's Health Wellness

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“…Discrepancies in the quality of information of YouTube videos were found not only in the field of dentistry but also in general medicine, such as in orthopedics, or allergy/immunology, where information was deemed to be inadequate and misleading, unlike in endocrinology, where two‐thirds of the videos on type II diabetes were considered useful and half of them had global quality scores which were rated as good or excellent.…”

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The usefulness of YouTube™ videos as a source of information on burning mouth syndrome

Fortuna

Schiavo

Aria

et al. 2019

J of Oral Rehabilitation

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Objectives The aim of this review was to investigate quality assessment and quantitative information on burning mouth syndrome (BMS) on YouTube™ videos. Methods An electronic search of YouTube™ videos on BMS was performed using subject headings, keywords and synonyms of BMS. For each video, quality information, via the quality assessment score (QAS) and quantitative information, such as the total number of results per term searched, date of upload, clip length, view count, source category (professional, personal, educational, mixed), number of likes and dislikes and YouTube™ category were evaluated. Results The search identified 3768 videos of which only 114 were included in our analysis: the quality of videos was very poor (mean ± standard deviation = 1.76 ± 1.64). The most representative categories were “educational” with 53 (46.5%) videos scoring between 0 and 4 and “mixed” with 24 (21.1%) videos scoring between 0 and 2. Significant differences were found among all four categories in relation to length in seconds (P < 0.001), number of views (P = 0.006) and interaction index (P = 0.001), as well as between “professional” and the other categories and between “educational” and “personal” in relation to length in seconds (P < 0.001), between “educational” and “personal” (P < 0.001) and “personal” and “mixed” category in relation to interaction index (P = 0.003) and between “professional” and “personal” in relation to views per day (P = 0.015). Conclusions A large number of videos regarding BMS have published on YouTube™, with a wide range of distribution regarding their length and views. Unfortunately, they presented unreliable information which is most often scientifically inaccurate. Health care institutions and professionals should be more actively involved in improving high‐quality e‐information about BMS on YouTube™.

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“…A seasonal influenza data quality score was created utilizing a previously published method. [5][6][7][8][9] It was based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) online information packet "Key Facts about Influenza (flu)." 10 The goal of this scoring system is to evaluate the quality of YouTube web content about seasonal influenza.…”

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Doctor YouTube’s opinion on seasonal influenza: A critical appraisal of the information available to patients

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Background: Seasonal influenza is a respiratory illness caused by the influenza virus. During the 2017-2018 flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted approximately 959,000 hospitalizations and 79,400 deaths from influenza. We sought to evaluate the educational quality of informational videos pertaining to seasonal influenza on the popular social media forum, YouTube. Methods: Using the keywords "seasonal influenza," all videos from 28 January to 5 February 2017 were included and analyzed for characteristics, source, and content. The source was further classified as healthcare provider, alternativemedicine provider, the patient and/or their parents, company, media, or professional society. Videos about other categories of influenza (e.g. swine or Spanish) or in foreign languages were excluded. A total of 10 blinded reviewers scored each video independently. Results: Overall, 300 videos were analyzed, with a median of 341.50 views, 1.00 likes, 0 dislikes, and 0 comments. Based on the average scores of videos by source, there was statistically significant difference in the average score among videos by video source (p < 0.01). Healthcare provider videos had the highest mean scores whereas alternative medicine provider videos had the lowest. Conclusions: Although the aforementioned video sources scored higher than others, these videos did not fulfill our criteria as far as educating patients thoroughly. Our data also suggest alternative medicine and patient source videos were misleading for patients. Clinical implications: Although videos by healthcare providers were a better source of information, videos on seasonal influenza were shown to be poor sources of valid healthcare information. This study reiterates the need for higher-quality educational videos on seasonal influenza by the medical community.

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YouTube and food allergy: An appraisal of the educational quality of information

Abstract: YouTube videos on food allergy frequently recommend controversial diagnostics and commonly depict non-IgE-mediated reactions. There is a need for high-quality, evidence-based, educational videos on food allergy.

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Evaluation of the Content of YouTube Videos about Vaginismus

Evaluation of the Content of YouTube Videos about Vaginismus

The usefulness of YouTube™ videos as a source of information on burning mouth syndrome

Doctor YouTube’s opinion on seasonal influenza: A critical appraisal of the information available to patients

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