YouTube as a source of patient information for abdominal aortic aneurysms

Radonjic, Aleksandar; Hing, Nicholas Ng Fat; Harlock, John; Naji, Faysal

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2019.08.230

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“…Uniform resource locators (URLs) of these videos were saved separately as back up. Our search methodology is in alignment with previous studies on YouTube content [15][16][17] Of the 150 videos screened, 72 videos in English and 42 videos in Mandarin were included in further analysis ( Figure 1A and 1B). Exclusion criterion were : videos in language other than English or Mandarin , absence of audio, videos lacking information on the 2019 novel coronavirus and duration more than 15 minutes.…”

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“…Videos uploaded by news agencies with information on current status of the disease in terms of mortality and extent of spread only, without any information on prevention, treatment, or measures to combat the disease were classified as news update. This classification has been used in evaluation of information during previous epidemics 10,19,20 We used modified DISCERN score to assess the reliability of the videos 15 . This score allocates one point each for clarity, reliable source of information, lack of bias, reference supplementation and mention of uncertainty (Table 1) Table 1.The kappa coefficient of agreement was used to determine degree of agreement between the two researchers.…”

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YouTube as source of information on 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak: a cross sectional study of English and Mandarin content

Khatri

Singh

Belani

et al. 2020

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

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Background:The current 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak is rapidly evolving. YouTube has been recognized as a popular source of information in previous disease outbreaks. We analysed the content on YouTube about n-CoV in English and Mandarin languages. MethodsYouTube was searched using the terms '2019 novel coronavirus', 'Wuhan virus' and '武汉病毒' (Mandarin for Wuhan virus) on 1 st and 2 nd February 2020. First 50 videos in each group were analyzed. Videos in other languages, duplicate videos, those without an audio and duration >15 mins were excluded .72 videos in English and 42 in Mandarin were reviewed . 2 reviewers classified the videos as useful, misleading or news based on pre specified criterion. Inter-observer agreement was evaluated with kappa coefficient. Modified DISCERN index for reliability and medical information and content index (MICI) score were used for content analysis .Results . These videos attracted cumulative 21,288,856 views. 67% of English and 50 % Mandarin videos had useful information. The viewership of misleading Mandarin videos was higher than the useful ones. WHO accounted for only 4% of useful videos. Mean DISCERN score for reliability was 3.12/5 and 3.25/5 for English and Mandarin videos respectively.Mean cumulative MICI score of useful videos was low (6.71/25 for English and 6.28/25 for Mandarin).Conclusions YouTube viewership during 2019 n-CoV outbreak is higher than previous outbreaks. The medical content of videos is suboptimal International health agencies are

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YouTube as source of information on 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak: a cross sectional study of English and Mandarin content

Khatri

Singh

Belani

et al. 2020

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

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“…People need to access correct information and then apply these protective measures in their lives to achieve this. Study results indicate that social media and online platforms on the internet are the major sources of medical information for many people [ 12 , 13 ]. It is important to access correct and reliable information through these channels.…”

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Youtube as an Information Source During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic: Evaluation of the Turkish and English Content

Ataç¹,

Özalp²,

Kurnaz³

et al. 2020

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Introduction: YouTube is an important online source of information and has two billion users globally. Its viewing numbers tend to increase exponentially in extraordinary global situations. Our aim in this study was to review and evaluate the contents of the most frequently viewed YouTube videos during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: In this qualitative study, contents of the most frequently viewed Turkish and English YouTube videos regarding the COVID-19 pandemic were examined and scored with modified DISCERN, medical information and content index (MICI), and video power index (VPI) during April 2020. Results: The mean DISCERN score of Turkish videos was similar to that of English videos (2.55±1.40 and 2.43±1.25, respectively). The total MICI score tended to be higher in Turkish videos. News channels released 86.9% of all 168 videos and 65.2% of all 23 misleading videos. When the descriptive characteristics of videos were compared in terms of their content category, average view counts, view ratios, and VPIs of misleading videos were higher than those of the useful videos. Only, the likes ratio of useful videos was higher than that of the misleading videos. Conclusions: Since there is no peer-review system on YouTube, people can almost release every type of video. It is very important for the content of videos that are released through news channels to be accurate because the important messages can be spread among people in society through them. In our study, especially some Turkish videos included many different rumors and faulty statements. During the extraordinary situations such as the pandemic, the videos of official health authorities and international institutions should be more visible on YouTube.

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“…VPI ([(view ratio x like ratio/100]), where view ratio=views/day and like ratio=[(likes x 100)/ (likes + dislikes)] was developed as an index by Erdem in order to measure the power of social media based on the descriptive features of videos and has been used by different studies [12], [26].…”

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YouTube as an information source during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: Evaluation of the Turkish and English content

Ataç

Özalp

Kurnaz

et al. 2020

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Bakcground:YouTube is an important online source of information. And its viewing numbers tend to increase exponentially in extraordinary situations. Our aim in this study was to evaluate the contents of the most frequently viewed YouTube videos during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods:In this study, contents of the most frequently viewed Turkish and English videos regarding COVID-19 pandemics are examined and scored with modified DISCERN, MICI and VPI. Results:The mean DISCERN score of Turkish videos is similar to English videos (2.55±1.40 and 2.43±1.25 respectively). Total MICI score tends to be higher in Turkish videos. 86.9% of all 168 videos and 65.2% of all 23 misleading videos were released by news channels. Average view counts, view ratios, and VPIs of misleading videos are higher than the useful videos. Discussion:Since there is not a peer-review system on YouTube, it is very important for the content of videos that are released through news channels to be accurate because the important messages can be spread among people in society through them. Especially some Turkish videos included many different rumors and faulty statements. During the extraordinary situations such as the pandemics, the videos of official health authorities and international institutions should be more visible in YouTube.

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YouTube as a source of patient information for abdominal aortic aneurysms

Cited by 99 publications

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YouTube as source of information on 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak: a cross sectional study of English and Mandarin content

YouTube as source of information on 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak: a cross sectional study of English and Mandarin content

Youtube as an Information Source During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic: Evaluation of the Turkish and English Content

YouTube as an information source during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: Evaluation of the Turkish and English content

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