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Is Arabic Information on YouTube About Erectile Dysfunction Based on Scientific Evidence?

BACKGROUND: Online medical education is critical for public health literacy and physician efficacy, but it must be trustworthy. Although it has the potential to be a useful resource for medical education, users must be able to identify reliable content. OBJECTIVE: To assess the scientific quality of...

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Autores principales: Alzahrani, Meshari A, Khan, Muhammad Anwar, Hakami, Basel O, Alahmadi, Abdulaziz, Alzahrani, Mohammed, Alsaleh, Faisal, Almurayyi, Muath, Safar, Omar, Ahmad, Mohammad Shakil
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10314774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37396014
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RRU.S410127
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author Alzahrani, Meshari A
Khan, Muhammad Anwar
Hakami, Basel O
Alahmadi, Abdulaziz
Alzahrani, Mohammed
Alsaleh, Faisal
Almurayyi, Muath
Safar, Omar
Ahmad, Mohammad Shakil
author_facet Alzahrani, Meshari A
Khan, Muhammad Anwar
Hakami, Basel O
Alahmadi, Abdulaziz
Alzahrani, Mohammed
Alsaleh, Faisal
Almurayyi, Muath
Safar, Omar
Ahmad, Mohammad Shakil
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description BACKGROUND: Online medical education is critical for public health literacy and physician efficacy, but it must be trustworthy. Although it has the potential to be a useful resource for medical education, users must be able to identify reliable content. OBJECTIVE: To assess the scientific quality of Arabic-language video content related to erectile dysfunction that is available on YouTube to learn what information our patients can handle online. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A comprehensive search of the YouTube database was carried out to identify videos related to erectile dysfunction published in Arabic. The search was conducted using the following keywords: “Erectile dysfunction”, “Sexual dysfunction” and “Impotence”. Without a time, limit, the search was carried out until January 1, 2023. The quality assessment of the videos was done using the Kappa score. RESULTS: The videos in our sample had up to one million views (average 2,627,485.6), and the kappa index was 0.86 (p <0.001). Of these videos, 16% were considered scientific evidence-based (SEB), and 84% were considered not scientific evidence-based (NSEB) (p <0.001). The NSEB group addressed details concerning natural remedies, the Psychosocial sphere, and lifestyle, whereas the SEB group tended to be more concerned with physiopathology, etiology, endothelial dysfunction, diagnosis, psychosocial treatment, oral treatment, injections, or prosthesis. CONCLUSION: On social media, misleading or incorrect information about erectile dysfunction is widely disseminated. This research may support urological and technical oversight and emphasizes guiding patients to the best men’s health options.
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spelling pubmed-103147742023-07-02 Is Arabic Information on YouTube About Erectile Dysfunction Based on Scientific Evidence? Alzahrani, Meshari A Khan, Muhammad Anwar Hakami, Basel O Alahmadi, Abdulaziz Alzahrani, Mohammed Alsaleh, Faisal Almurayyi, Muath Safar, Omar Ahmad, Mohammad Shakil Res Rep Urol Original Research BACKGROUND: Online medical education is critical for public health literacy and physician efficacy, but it must be trustworthy. Although it has the potential to be a useful resource for medical education, users must be able to identify reliable content. OBJECTIVE: To assess the scientific quality of Arabic-language video content related to erectile dysfunction that is available on YouTube to learn what information our patients can handle online. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A comprehensive search of the YouTube database was carried out to identify videos related to erectile dysfunction published in Arabic. The search was conducted using the following keywords: “Erectile dysfunction”, “Sexual dysfunction” and “Impotence”. Without a time, limit, the search was carried out until January 1, 2023. The quality assessment of the videos was done using the Kappa score. RESULTS: The videos in our sample had up to one million views (average 2,627,485.6), and the kappa index was 0.86 (p <0.001). Of these videos, 16% were considered scientific evidence-based (SEB), and 84% were considered not scientific evidence-based (NSEB) (p <0.001). The NSEB group addressed details concerning natural remedies, the Psychosocial sphere, and lifestyle, whereas the SEB group tended to be more concerned with physiopathology, etiology, endothelial dysfunction, diagnosis, psychosocial treatment, oral treatment, injections, or prosthesis. CONCLUSION: On social media, misleading or incorrect information about erectile dysfunction is widely disseminated. This research may support urological and technical oversight and emphasizes guiding patients to the best men’s health options. Dove 2023-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10314774/ /pubmed/37396014 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RRU.S410127 Text en © 2023 Alzahrani et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Alzahrani, Meshari A
Khan, Muhammad Anwar
Hakami, Basel O
Alahmadi, Abdulaziz
Alzahrani, Mohammed
Alsaleh, Faisal
Almurayyi, Muath
Safar, Omar
Ahmad, Mohammad Shakil
Is Arabic Information on YouTube About Erectile Dysfunction Based on Scientific Evidence?
title Is Arabic Information on YouTube About Erectile Dysfunction Based on Scientific Evidence?
title_full Is Arabic Information on YouTube About Erectile Dysfunction Based on Scientific Evidence?
title_fullStr Is Arabic Information on YouTube About Erectile Dysfunction Based on Scientific Evidence?
title_full_unstemmed Is Arabic Information on YouTube About Erectile Dysfunction Based on Scientific Evidence?
title_short Is Arabic Information on YouTube About Erectile Dysfunction Based on Scientific Evidence?
title_sort is arabic information on youtube about erectile dysfunction based on scientific evidence?
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10314774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37396014
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RRU.S410127
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