YouTube as a source of information on keratoconus: a social media analysis

Seyyar, Sevim Ayça; Tıskaoğlu, Nesime Setge

doi:10.1080/08164622.2021.2012429

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“…Education and training websites and physicians were the most common source of the videos. In general, these videos had higher DISCERN scores, and tended to be rated as good or excellent quality according to the DISCERN classification, consistent with the results of other similar studies [ 23 , 27 , 28 ]. Moreover, videos from education and training websites seemed to receive more attention than those from independent users.…”

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“…JAMA benchmark criteria were published to evaluate the quality of internet information on health care. Both have been used to assess the quality of video information on various diseases in previous reports [ 23 , 27 , 28 ]. Some information about these videos was collected to illustrate their fundamental characteristics and correlation with the outcome data.…”

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Quality Assessment of YouTube Videos as an Information Source for Testicular Torsion

Bai

Pan

Zhao

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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Background:Testicular torsion is an acute scrotal disease requiring urgent management, and the COVID-19 pandemic has been demonstrated to lead to poor outcomes for this disease. Presently, many people tend to seek health information via YouTube. This study aims to quantitatively assess the quality of English YouTube video content as an information source of testicular torsion.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, a search was performed with the search term “testicular torsion” on YouTube, and the first 100 videos listed by relevance were selected for our analysis. Duplicate, non-English, videos without audio and surgical videos were excluded. Video features (duration, number of days online, views, likes, comments), source of the video, and author's country were collected. Each video included in the study was assessed using DISCERN and Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Benchmark Criteria. A correlation analysis was performed considering video features, video source, DISCERN scores and JAMA scores.ResultsA total of 66 videos were included and analyzed. The most common video content was general information, including etiology, symptoms, and treatment. The majority of videos were from education and training websites (30%), physicians (23%), and independent users (21%). The mean DISCERN and JAMA scores were 36.56 and 2.68, respectively. According to DISCERN, the quality of video uploaded by physicians was relatively high (P < 0.001), and the quality of video uploaded by independent users was relatively low (P < 0.001). The JAMA score had no relevance to the video source (P = 0.813). The correlation between the video features, DISCERN and JAMA scores was controversial by different assessment methods.ConclusionsDespite most of the videos on YouTube being uploaded by medical or education-related authors, the overall quality was poor. The misleading, inaccurate and incomplete information may pose a health risk to the viewers, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Much effort needs to be undertaken to improve the quality of health-related videos regarding testicular torsion.

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Quality Assessment of YouTube Videos as an Information Source for Testicular Torsion

Bai

Pan

Zhao

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…The top 50 videos for each keyword were analyzed, as 95% of online searchers do not continue beyond the first 3 pages viewed. [ 15 ] Selected 250 videos have been added to the YouTube library database for more detailed viewing. We only included English-speaking videos since many nations view English as a universal language.…”

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Assessing the scientific quality and reliability of YouTube videos about chemotherapy

Sahin,

Seyyar

2023

Medicine

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No studies have evaluated the interaction, quality, and reliability of chemotherapy-related videos published on YouTube. The aim was to evaluate the content of YouTube videos about chemotherapy using 5 different scoring tools. In this cross-sectional register-based study, popular videos on YouTube about the following keywords were examined; “chemotherapy,” “what is chemotherapy,” “types of chemotherapy,” “chemotherapy side effects” and “chemotherapy treatments.” Quality and reliability of video content were measured using the modified DISCERN (mDISCERN), the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the Global Quality Score (GQS), the Video Information Quality Index (VIQI), and Health on the Net code (HONcode) scores. A total of 108 videos were analyzed in the study. The median duration was 200 (30-2020) seconds and the median total number of views was 17500 (61-8615000). Among the video publishers, private hospitals were the most (n = 36, 33%). The most (n = 71, 66%) populer category of videos were patient education videos. Half (n = 55, 51%) of the narrators in the videos were only oncology professionals. Mean DISCERN, JAMA, GQS, VIQI, and HONcode scores were 2.73 ± 1.18, 1.97 ± 1.05, 2.94 ± 1.08, 14.03 ± 3.73, and 4.68 ± 2.46, respectively. A positive correlation was found between the 5 scoring points (P < .001 for all pairwise comparisons). There was a significant difference between video quality scores according to video categories and video publishers (P < .001 for both). Although most YouTube videos about chemotherapy were helpful to patients, content quality and reliability were moderate-low. Cancer patients looking for information on chemotherapy may find YouTube videos beneficial, but clinicians must be cautious to clear up any misunderstandings.

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Evaluating the quality and reliability of YouTube videos on myopia: a video content analysis

Kayabaşı,

Köksaldı,

Durmaz Engin

2024

Int Ophthalmol

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YouTube as a source of information on keratoconus: a social media analysis

Cited by 10 publications

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Quality Assessment of YouTube Videos as an Information Source for Testicular Torsion

Quality Assessment of YouTube Videos as an Information Source for Testicular Torsion

Assessing the scientific quality and reliability of YouTube videos about chemotherapy

Evaluating the quality and reliability of YouTube videos on myopia: a video content analysis

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