Dent Med Probl. 2022 Apr-Jun;59(2):263-270. doi: 10.17219/dmp/143078.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: YouTube™ is considered a convenient and popular platform to seek healthcare information, which is uploaded by people of various professions.
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the content and the quality of the YouTube videos containing information about vitamin D for children.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: A YouTube search was performed using the terms ‘vitamin D for children’ and ‘vitamin D deficiency in children’. Two independent reviewers scored the videos with the use of a customized 11-point scoring scheme and the 5-point Global Quality Scale (GQS) to assess the content and the quality of each video. The videos were further classified into poor, moderate and good videos. The Kruskal-Wallis and χ2 tests as well as Spearman’s correlation coefficient were used for statistical analysis.
RESULTS: In a total of 120 videos screened, 70 videos were included. They had a median content score of 4 and a median GQS score of 3. According to the information included in the videos and their overall quality, most of the videos were categorized as moderate (n = 33; 47.14% and n = 32; 45.71%, respectively). Good-quality videos had statistically significantly higher content scores as compared to the other groups (p = 0.001). A positive correlation was found between the content score and the GQS score (ρ = 0.434; p = 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: Most of the videos on YouTube about vitamin D were rated as moderate according to the sufficiency of the information and also their overall quality. This suggests that health organizations need to make further efforts to create good-quality medical content on popular social media platforms, such as YouTube.
PMID:35775413 | DOI:10.17219/dmp/143078
