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YouTube as an information source for clubfoot: a quality analysis of video content
- Source :
- Journal of pediatric orthopedics. Part B. 29(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Idiopathic clubfoot is the most common congenital anomaly of the lower extremity. YouTube has emerged as an important source of health-related information for patients and families. Parents seek information about clubfoot on YouTube. However, the quality of these videos remains unknown. Therefore, we decided to evaluate the quality of YouTube videos about clubfoot. We searched YouTube for clubfoot videos using appropriate keywords. English language videos with more than 10 000 views were included. Three fellowship trained pediatric orthopedic surgeons independently assessed the videos and classified them into corporate, hospital, education and private. The quality of information was assessed using the Modified DISCERN and JAMA benchmark scores. The search yielded 12 060 videos of which 42 were analyzed. There were 9 (21%) videos from corporate organizations, 12 (29%) from hospitals, 3 (7%) from educational organizations and 18 (43%) by private individuals. The mean Modified DISCERN score was 2.1 ± 1.07 (range 0.3-4) and mean JAMA benchmark score was 0.9 ± 0.65 (range 0-2). Educational videos had highest mean Modified DISCERN score (3.1 ± 0.85) and private videos, the least (1.43 ± 1). This difference was statistically significant (P = 0.004). Hospital videos had highest mean JAMA benchmark score of 1.3 ± 0.6 as compared with private videos which had the least mean score of 0.5 ± 0.6. This difference was also statistically significant (P = 0.001). The results of our study indicate that the quality of information on idiopathic clubfoot on YouTube needs improvement. Videos from educational and hospital sources should be preferred over private sources.
- Subjects :
- Quality Control
Clubfoot
medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject
MEDLINE
Video Recording
English language
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Medicine
Humans
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Quality (business)
media_common
030222 orthopedics
business.industry
Information Dissemination
Idiopathic clubfoot
Information quality
medicine.disease
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Physical therapy
Information source
Diffusion of Innovation
business
Social Media
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Medical Informatics
Needs Assessment
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14735865
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of pediatric orthopedics. Part B
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....edf0304880471b3b5e6538321af7316a