YouTube as a source of patient information for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): A content-quality and audience engagement analysis.

ABSTRACT: YouTube is the second most popular website in the world and is increasingly being used as a platform for disseminating health information. Our aim was to evaluate the content-quality and audience engagement of YouTube videos pertaining to the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)-CoV-2 virus which causes the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), during the early phase of the pandemic. We chose the first 30 videos for seven different search phrases: "2019 nCoV," "SARS CoV-2," "COVID-19 virus," "coronavirus treatment," "coronavirus explained," "what is the coronavirus" and "coronavirus information." Video contents were evaluated by two independent medical students with more than 5 years of experience using the DISCERN instrument. Qualitative data, quantitative data and upload source for ea

SUBMITTER: Szmuda T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7323134 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature