Assessing the quality of breast cancer-related videos on TikTok: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Breast cancer, the most common cancer in women globally, highlights the need for patient education. Despite many breast cancer discussions on TikTok, their scientific evaluation is lacking. Our study seeks to assess the content quality and accuracy of popular TikTok videos on breast cancer, to improve the dissemination of health knowledge.

Methods

On August 22, 2023, we collected the top 100 trending videos from TikTok's Chinese version using "breast cancer/breast nodule" as keywords. We noted their length, TikTok duration, likes, comments, favorites, reposts, uploader types, and topics. Four assessment tools were used: Goobie's six questions, the Patient Educational Material Assessment Tool (PEMAT), the Video Information and Quality Index (VIQI), and the Global Qual

SUBMITTER: Qu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11367700 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature