1. YouTube as a source of information on space maintainers for parents and patients
- Author
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Belen Şirinoğlu Çapan and Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi
- Subjects
Parents ,Bacterial Diseases ,Teeth ,Etiology ,Health Care Providers ,Video Recording ,Social Sciences ,Space (commercial competition) ,computer.software_genre ,Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ,Pediatrics ,Upload ,0302 clinical medicine ,Medical Conditions ,Space Maintainers ,Sociology ,Caries ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Risks ,Computer Networks ,Child ,Dental Care ,Allied Health Care Professionals ,Multidisciplinary ,Multimedia ,Social Communication ,Web ,Infectious Diseases ,Social Networks ,Information source ,Medicine ,The Internet ,Anatomy ,Psychology ,Network Analysis ,Research Article ,Computer and Information Sciences ,Science ,Oral Medicine ,MEDLINE ,Medical information ,03 medical and health sciences ,Pediatric Dentistry ,Humans ,Social media ,Space Maintenance, Orthodontic ,Internet ,business.industry ,Information Dissemination ,Biology and Life Sciences ,030206 dentistry ,Communications ,Health Care ,Jaw ,Dentistry ,business ,computer ,Digestive System ,Head ,Social Media ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Objective In recent years the social media offers a handy platform for patients who want to receive medical information. The aim of this study is to assess the content of YouTube as an information source on space maintainers and to evaluate the efficiency of videos by parents and patients. Methods and findings YouTube was searched for information using two keywords ‘space maintainer’ and ‘space maintainers in pediatric dentistry’. Two dentists reviewed the first 200 videos for each search term. After exclusions, 52 videos were included for analysis. Demographics of videos, including the type of source, date of upload, length, viewers’ interaction and viewing rate were evaluated. The overall usefulness of videos was scored according to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Guideline based on 9-point scales. The mean usefulness score of evaluated videos was 4,4 ± 1,5 (range 1–8). There was a significant correlation between usefulness and video length (p Conclusions YouTube videos about space maintainers are useful for parents only to understand and visualize their function. However, it does not provide sufficient information about adverse effects and types of them. Dentists should warn their patients that videos on the internet may contain incorrect and limited information.
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- 2021