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Status quo of the public’s knowledge of probiotics based on video-sharing platforms

BACKGROUND: Probiotics have been deemed multipotent and unprecedentedly applied in the health field recently. However, there are challenges in promoting credible and reliable resources while avoiding misinformation regarding probiotics for the public. METHODS: This study analysed 400 eligible probio...

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Autores principales: Jiang, Chun-Hui, Xu, Jia-Jia, Xu, Chao, Chen, Shi-Yue, Chen, Jia-Yun, Xia, Jing-Song, Liao, Zhuan, Zou, Wen-Bin, Fang, Xue
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10043532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36978067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15456-7
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author Jiang, Chun-Hui
Xu, Jia-Jia
Xu, Chao
Chen, Shi-Yue
Chen, Jia-Yun
Xia, Jing-Song
Liao, Zhuan
Zou, Wen-Bin
Fang, Xue
author_facet Jiang, Chun-Hui
Xu, Jia-Jia
Xu, Chao
Chen, Shi-Yue
Chen, Jia-Yun
Xia, Jing-Song
Liao, Zhuan
Zou, Wen-Bin
Fang, Xue
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description BACKGROUND: Probiotics have been deemed multipotent and unprecedentedly applied in the health field recently. However, there are challenges in promoting credible and reliable resources while avoiding misinformation regarding probiotics for the public. METHODS: This study analysed 400 eligible probiotic-related videos selected from YouTube, and the three most popular video-sharing platforms (Bilibili, Weibo and TikTok) in China. Video retrieval was performed on September 5(th), 2022. GQS and tailored DISCERN tool assess each video’s quality, usage, and reliability. A comparative analysis of videos from different sources was carried out. RESULTS: The identity distribution of probiotic video-producers was predominantly experts (n = 202, 50.50%), followed by amateurs (n = 161, 40.25%) and health-related institutions (n = 37, 9.25%). The videos’ content category mainly discussed the function of probiotics (n = 120, 30%), the way to choose suitable products (n = 81, 20.25%), and the methods for taking probiotics (n = 71, 17.75%).The overall quality of videos was moderate (3/5 point) assessed by GQS, while the usage (1/6 point) and reliability (2/5 point) detailing probiotics assessed by tailored DISCERN tool were poor. The attitude of probiotic video-producers was primarily positive (n = 323, 80.75%), followed by neutral (n = 52, 13.00%) and negative (n = 25, 6.25%) (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The current study showed that videos on social media platforms publicise important information including the concepts, usage, and precautions of probiotics to the public. But the overall quality of uploaded videos about probiotics was unsatisfactory. More efforts are needed to improve the higher-quality content of probiotic-related online videos and better propagate probiotic knowledge to the public in the future. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-023-15456-7.
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spelling pubmed-100435322023-03-28 Status quo of the public’s knowledge of probiotics based on video-sharing platforms Jiang, Chun-Hui Xu, Jia-Jia Xu, Chao Chen, Shi-Yue Chen, Jia-Yun Xia, Jing-Song Liao, Zhuan Zou, Wen-Bin Fang, Xue BMC Public Health Research BACKGROUND: Probiotics have been deemed multipotent and unprecedentedly applied in the health field recently. However, there are challenges in promoting credible and reliable resources while avoiding misinformation regarding probiotics for the public. METHODS: This study analysed 400 eligible probiotic-related videos selected from YouTube, and the three most popular video-sharing platforms (Bilibili, Weibo and TikTok) in China. Video retrieval was performed on September 5(th), 2022. GQS and tailored DISCERN tool assess each video’s quality, usage, and reliability. A comparative analysis of videos from different sources was carried out. RESULTS: The identity distribution of probiotic video-producers was predominantly experts (n = 202, 50.50%), followed by amateurs (n = 161, 40.25%) and health-related institutions (n = 37, 9.25%). The videos’ content category mainly discussed the function of probiotics (n = 120, 30%), the way to choose suitable products (n = 81, 20.25%), and the methods for taking probiotics (n = 71, 17.75%).The overall quality of videos was moderate (3/5 point) assessed by GQS, while the usage (1/6 point) and reliability (2/5 point) detailing probiotics assessed by tailored DISCERN tool were poor. The attitude of probiotic video-producers was primarily positive (n = 323, 80.75%), followed by neutral (n = 52, 13.00%) and negative (n = 25, 6.25%) (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The current study showed that videos on social media platforms publicise important information including the concepts, usage, and precautions of probiotics to the public. But the overall quality of uploaded videos about probiotics was unsatisfactory. More efforts are needed to improve the higher-quality content of probiotic-related online videos and better propagate probiotic knowledge to the public in the future. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-023-15456-7. BioMed Central 2023-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10043532/ /pubmed/36978067 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15456-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Chen, Shi-Yue
Chen, Jia-Yun
Xia, Jing-Song
Liao, Zhuan
Zou, Wen-Bin
Fang, Xue
Status quo of the public’s knowledge of probiotics based on video-sharing platforms
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10043532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36978067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15456-7
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