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Accuracy and Quality of YouTube Videos as a Source of Information on Vitiligo
PURPOSE: Vitiligo is a skin condition characterized by patchy depigmentation in the skin, affecting not just the physical well-being of patients, but also the mental, emotional, and social aspects of their lives. Social media provides a platform where patients can interact and share experiences, and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8751976/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35027834 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S330015 |
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author | Salah, Louai A AlTalhab, Saad Omair, Aamir AlJasser, Mohammed |
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description | PURPOSE: Vitiligo is a skin condition characterized by patchy depigmentation in the skin, affecting not just the physical well-being of patients, but also the mental, emotional, and social aspects of their lives. Social media provides a platform where patients can interact and share experiences, and for physicians and experts to disseminate knowledge on the disease. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy and overall quality of vitiligo-related content on YouTube. METHODS: Thirty videos were screened by relevance according to the inclusion criteria. Videos were categorized as either healthcare or non-healthcare sources, and viewer engagement ratio was calculated for each. Three independent vitiligo experts rated the content using the following assessment tools: DISCERN, Accuracy in Digital-health Instrument (ANDI), and Global Quality Scale (GQS). Lastly, Cronbach’s alpha was used to estimate the inter-rater reliability and consistency. RESULTS: Most of the screened videos came from health-care sources (57%). Non-healthcare sources achieved a slightly higher viewer engagement ratio, although the difference is not statistically significant (p = 0.23). DISCERN score was low overall in most videos. However, DISCERN score was higher for health-care sources as compared to non-healthcare sources (30.5 ± 9.4 vs 22.7 ± 4,2, p = 0.009). Scores of ANDI and GQS were higher for health-care sources but not statistically significant. There was a good internal consistency in DISCERN rating among the evaluators (0.86). CONCLUSION: Our study shows a low overall accuracy and quality of YouTube videos on vitiligo. It is recommended that health-care sources improve their information material in terms of quality and viewer engagement, as very little can be done to prevent non-healthcare sources in publishing their own videos. Efforts in educating the public on making distinction between evidence and non-evidence-based claims should also be taken. |
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spelling | pubmed-87519762022-01-12 Accuracy and Quality of YouTube Videos as a Source of Information on Vitiligo Salah, Louai A AlTalhab, Saad Omair, Aamir AlJasser, Mohammed Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol Original Research PURPOSE: Vitiligo is a skin condition characterized by patchy depigmentation in the skin, affecting not just the physical well-being of patients, but also the mental, emotional, and social aspects of their lives. Social media provides a platform where patients can interact and share experiences, and for physicians and experts to disseminate knowledge on the disease. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy and overall quality of vitiligo-related content on YouTube. METHODS: Thirty videos were screened by relevance according to the inclusion criteria. Videos were categorized as either healthcare or non-healthcare sources, and viewer engagement ratio was calculated for each. Three independent vitiligo experts rated the content using the following assessment tools: DISCERN, Accuracy in Digital-health Instrument (ANDI), and Global Quality Scale (GQS). Lastly, Cronbach’s alpha was used to estimate the inter-rater reliability and consistency. RESULTS: Most of the screened videos came from health-care sources (57%). Non-healthcare sources achieved a slightly higher viewer engagement ratio, although the difference is not statistically significant (p = 0.23). DISCERN score was low overall in most videos. However, DISCERN score was higher for health-care sources as compared to non-healthcare sources (30.5 ± 9.4 vs 22.7 ± 4,2, p = 0.009). Scores of ANDI and GQS were higher for health-care sources but not statistically significant. There was a good internal consistency in DISCERN rating among the evaluators (0.86). CONCLUSION: Our study shows a low overall accuracy and quality of YouTube videos on vitiligo. It is recommended that health-care sources improve their information material in terms of quality and viewer engagement, as very little can be done to prevent non-healthcare sources in publishing their own videos. Efforts in educating the public on making distinction between evidence and non-evidence-based claims should also be taken. Dove 2022-01-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8751976/ /pubmed/35027834 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S330015 Text en © 2022 Salah 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). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Salah, Louai A AlTalhab, Saad Omair, Aamir AlJasser, Mohammed Accuracy and Quality of YouTube Videos as a Source of Information on Vitiligo |
title | Accuracy and Quality of YouTube Videos as a Source of Information on Vitiligo |
title_full | Accuracy and Quality of YouTube Videos as a Source of Information on Vitiligo |
title_fullStr | Accuracy and Quality of YouTube Videos as a Source of Information on Vitiligo |
title_full_unstemmed | Accuracy and Quality of YouTube Videos as a Source of Information on Vitiligo |
title_short | Accuracy and Quality of YouTube Videos as a Source of Information on Vitiligo |
title_sort | accuracy and quality of youtube videos as a source of information on vitiligo |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8751976/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35027834 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S330015 |
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