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Epilepsy Videos on YouTube: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study

Introduction: Epilepsy is defined as a disorder of the brain characterized by an enduring predisposition to epileptic seizures. Being the most common neurological condition in the world, information regarding epilepsy is gathered by people from different available sources. Objectives: The objective...

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Autores principales: Bhoot, Netra, Gohil, Aasvi V, Usgaokar, Kapil, Ranpariya, Keyur, Yadav, Rakshit, Nanda, Ankita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10513475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37746477
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43916
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author Bhoot, Netra
Gohil, Aasvi V
Usgaokar, Kapil
Ranpariya, Keyur
Yadav, Rakshit
Nanda, Ankita
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Gohil, Aasvi V
Usgaokar, Kapil
Ranpariya, Keyur
Yadav, Rakshit
Nanda, Ankita
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description Introduction: Epilepsy is defined as a disorder of the brain characterized by an enduring predisposition to epileptic seizures. Being the most common neurological condition in the world, information regarding epilepsy is gathered by people from different available sources. Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability and quality of YouTube videos about epilepsy as a source of information for the general population and also for patients suffering from this illness and for their families. Methodology: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted, utilizing a questionnaire prepared on Google Forms (Google LLC, Mountain View, California, United States) with predetermined criteria. Each of the six authors independently searched and evaluated 10 YouTube videos using specific keywords. The assessment included determining the global quality score and utilizing the DISCERN tool. The collected data was recorded in Microsoft Excel and subsequently analyzed. Results: A total of 60 videos were analyzed, revealing that 76.27% of them provided information on the available treatment options for epilepsy, 71.19% explained the cause and etiology of the condition, and only 3.39% of the videos mentioned support groups. Conclusions: Our study highlights the importance of assessment of medical information on social media platforms in order to ensure availability of correct information with high quality and reliability for epilepsy patients. This will help in understanding their medical health issues and decision making.
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spelling pubmed-105134752023-09-22 Epilepsy Videos on YouTube: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study Bhoot, Netra Gohil, Aasvi V Usgaokar, Kapil Ranpariya, Keyur Yadav, Rakshit Nanda, Ankita Cureus Internal Medicine Introduction: Epilepsy is defined as a disorder of the brain characterized by an enduring predisposition to epileptic seizures. Being the most common neurological condition in the world, information regarding epilepsy is gathered by people from different available sources. Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability and quality of YouTube videos about epilepsy as a source of information for the general population and also for patients suffering from this illness and for their families. Methodology: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted, utilizing a questionnaire prepared on Google Forms (Google LLC, Mountain View, California, United States) with predetermined criteria. Each of the six authors independently searched and evaluated 10 YouTube videos using specific keywords. The assessment included determining the global quality score and utilizing the DISCERN tool. The collected data was recorded in Microsoft Excel and subsequently analyzed. Results: A total of 60 videos were analyzed, revealing that 76.27% of them provided information on the available treatment options for epilepsy, 71.19% explained the cause and etiology of the condition, and only 3.39% of the videos mentioned support groups. Conclusions: Our study highlights the importance of assessment of medical information on social media platforms in order to ensure availability of correct information with high quality and reliability for epilepsy patients. This will help in understanding their medical health issues and decision making. Cureus 2023-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10513475/ /pubmed/37746477 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43916 Text en Copyright © 2023, Bhoot 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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Bhoot, Netra
Gohil, Aasvi V
Usgaokar, Kapil
Ranpariya, Keyur
Yadav, Rakshit
Nanda, Ankita
Epilepsy Videos on YouTube: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study
title Epilepsy Videos on YouTube: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study
title_full Epilepsy Videos on YouTube: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study
title_fullStr Epilepsy Videos on YouTube: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study
title_full_unstemmed Epilepsy Videos on YouTube: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study
title_short Epilepsy Videos on YouTube: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study
title_sort epilepsy videos on youtube: a cross-sectional observational study
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10513475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37746477
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43916
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