Assessment of quality and reliability of YouTube videos for patient and physician education on inflammatory myositis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

YouTube is the second most popular search website worldwide to access health information online. This study was undertaken to assess the reliability and quality of information about myositis on YouTube and delineate attributes of useful videos using standard metrics.

Methods

We conducted a thorough search on YouTube using 9 search terms related to myositis. The inclusion criteria were content related to myositis, English language and acceptable audio-video quality. Duplicates and advertisements were excluded from the analysis. Videos were classified as useful, not very useful or misleading and patient narratives. Reliability was determined using the mDISCERN criteria, quality using the Global Quality Scale (GQS) and JAMA system, using appropriate cut-offs (mDISC

SUBMITTER: Joshi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9910767 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature