Section of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Seattle, WA.
Mercer Island, WA.
Urology. 2022 Oct;168:35-40. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2022.06.030. Epub 2022 Jul 6.
To describe and assess the quality and accuracy of the most highly viewed YouTube and TikTok posts related to urinary tract infections (UTIs). Social media is increasingly a resource for health information. YouTube and TikTok videos are highly utilized and are potentially a source of helpful information or misinformation.
During January 2021, "UTI" was searched within YouTube and TikTok and the most relevant videos were identified and analyzed for their content. Accuracy of scientific information, possible misinformation, and credibility of the videos was rated independently by three reviewers. Posts were categorized as educational/informational, shared experience, humor/entertainment, and home remedies/alternative therapies.
In 50 YouTube and 50 TikTok videos respectively, the median number of views was 49K and 1.4M, the median number of likes was 296 and 58K, and the median number of comments was 50 and 616. The proportion of female to male presenters was equal for YouTube videos while 94% of those from TikTok were female. Overall, YouTube videos had higher median scores for scientific information, credibility, and less misinformation compared to TikTok. YouTube videos with more views, likes, and comments tended to have lower scores in all categories and more misinformation. More presenters were medical professionals on YouTube videos than those on TikTok. While videos from both platforms contained misinformation, none promoted misinformation that would cause harm to health. Healthcare providers should be aware of the potential influence of social media as patients are getting health information from many sources.
描述和评估与尿路感染 (UTI) 相关的最受关注的 YouTube 和 TikTok 帖子的质量和准确性。社交媒体越来越成为获取健康信息的资源。YouTube 和 TikTok 视频的使用率很高，并且可能是有用信息或错误信息的来源。
在 2021 年 1 月期间，在 YouTube 和 TikTok 中搜索“UTI”，并确定并分析最相关的视频的内容。由三位审阅者独立评估科学信息的准确性、可能存在的错误信息以及视频的可信度。帖子分为教育/信息类、分享经验类、幽默/娱乐类和家庭疗法/替代疗法类。
分别在 50 个 YouTube 和 50 个 TikTok 视频中，观看次数中位数分别为 49K 和 1.4M，点赞数中位数分别为 296 和 58K，评论数中位数分别为 50 和 616。在 YouTube 视频中，男女主播的比例相等，而 TikTok 视频中 94%为女性。总体而言，与 TikTok 相比，YouTube 视频的科学信息、可信度得分更高，错误信息更少。观看次数、点赞数和评论数较高的 YouTube 视频在所有类别中的得分都较低，且错误信息更多。在 YouTube 视频中有更多的主播是医疗专业人员，而 TikTok 上的主播则较少。虽然两个平台的视频都包含错误信息，但都没有宣传会对健康造成伤害的错误信息。医疗保健提供者应该意识到社交媒体的潜在影响，因为患者正在从多个来源获取健康信息。
