YouTube as a Source of Information About the Posterior Cruciate Ligament: A Content-Quality and Reliability Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and educational content of YouTube videos concerning injuries to the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) of the knee.

Methods

The first 50 videos specific to the PCL identified through the YouTube query posterior cruciate ligament were evaluated by a method of video selection demonstrated to be feasible in prior YouTube studies. Videos were classified by content and upload source. Video reliability was assessed using the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) benchmark criteria (score range 0-5). Video educational content was assessed using the Global Quality Score (GQS) (range 0-4) and the PCL Score (PCLS) (score range 0-18). Analysis of variance was used to determine differences in video rel

SUBMITTER: Kunze KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7120836 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature