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YouTube as a Source of Information on Pilonidal Sinus Disease: A Reliability and Quality Analysis

Aim This study aimed to assess the quality and reliability of the information in YouTube videos regarding pilonidal sinus disease (PSD). Methods A total of 100 most-viewed videos on PSD were included in the analysis by two general surgeons. Video duration and content, date of upload, qualification o...

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Autores principales: Ozdemir, Kayhan, Muhtaroğlu, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10008787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36923206
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34792
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description Aim This study aimed to assess the quality and reliability of the information in YouTube videos regarding pilonidal sinus disease (PSD). Methods A total of 100 most-viewed videos on PSD were included in the analysis by two general surgeons. Video duration and content, date of upload, qualification of the video uploaders, and number of daily and total view, like, and comment counts were analyzed. We grouped the videos as those uploaded by healthcare professionals and non-professionals. The quality of the video contents was assessed with the Global Quality Scale (GQS) and the reliability of the video content with the DISCERN scoring system. Results Eighty-five (85%) videos were uploaded by professionals and 15 (15%) videos by laypersons. The average DISCERN score of the reviewed video contents was 3.18 ± 1.23, and the average GQS score was 3.39 ± 1.24. In the overall subjective evaluation, the mean DISCERN value was found as 4.01 ± 1.24 and the mean GQS value as 4.25 ± 1.25 in the useful videos. The mean DISCERN value was found as 2.32 ± 1.22 and the mean GQS value as 2.48 ± 1.25 in the misleading videos. Conclusion Our results showed that most of the YouTube videos on PSD were loaded by healthcare professionals. However, the mean quality and reliability scores were lower in videos uploaded by laypersons. Given the prevalence of PSD, physicians should be promoted for uploading accurate and professional video contents to direct patients to the right solutions for their problems.
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spelling pubmed-100087872023-03-14 YouTube as a Source of Information on Pilonidal Sinus Disease: A Reliability and Quality Analysis Ozdemir, Kayhan Muhtaroğlu, Ali Cureus General Surgery Aim This study aimed to assess the quality and reliability of the information in YouTube videos regarding pilonidal sinus disease (PSD). Methods A total of 100 most-viewed videos on PSD were included in the analysis by two general surgeons. Video duration and content, date of upload, qualification of the video uploaders, and number of daily and total view, like, and comment counts were analyzed. We grouped the videos as those uploaded by healthcare professionals and non-professionals. The quality of the video contents was assessed with the Global Quality Scale (GQS) and the reliability of the video content with the DISCERN scoring system. Results Eighty-five (85%) videos were uploaded by professionals and 15 (15%) videos by laypersons. The average DISCERN score of the reviewed video contents was 3.18 ± 1.23, and the average GQS score was 3.39 ± 1.24. In the overall subjective evaluation, the mean DISCERN value was found as 4.01 ± 1.24 and the mean GQS value as 4.25 ± 1.25 in the useful videos. The mean DISCERN value was found as 2.32 ± 1.22 and the mean GQS value as 2.48 ± 1.25 in the misleading videos. Conclusion Our results showed that most of the YouTube videos on PSD were loaded by healthcare professionals. However, the mean quality and reliability scores were lower in videos uploaded by laypersons. Given the prevalence of PSD, physicians should be promoted for uploading accurate and professional video contents to direct patients to the right solutions for their problems. Cureus 2023-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10008787/ /pubmed/36923206 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34792 Text en Copyright © 2023, Ozdemir et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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YouTube as a Source of Information on Pilonidal Sinus Disease: A Reliability and Quality Analysis
title YouTube as a Source of Information on Pilonidal Sinus Disease: A Reliability and Quality Analysis
title_full YouTube as a Source of Information on Pilonidal Sinus Disease: A Reliability and Quality Analysis
title_fullStr YouTube as a Source of Information on Pilonidal Sinus Disease: A Reliability and Quality Analysis
title_full_unstemmed YouTube as a Source of Information on Pilonidal Sinus Disease: A Reliability and Quality Analysis
title_short YouTube as a Source of Information on Pilonidal Sinus Disease: A Reliability and Quality Analysis
title_sort youtube as a source of information on pilonidal sinus disease: a reliability and quality analysis
topic General Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10008787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36923206
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34792
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