Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Endocrine. 2023 Aug;81(2):270-276. doi: 10.1007/s12020-023-03332-8. Epub 2023 Feb 25.
Increased Internet users tend to use online video platforms as a source of medical information. There are many thyroid cancer-related videos on TikTok, the most popular short-video application in China. However, quality evaluation of these videos remains absent. The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of thyroid cancer-related videos on TikTok.
A search was performed on TikTok with the keyword "thyroid cancer". The top 100 videos in the search results were selected. Characteristics of videos including video length, duration on TikTok, thumbs up, thumbs up/day, comments, comments/day, favorites, favorites/day, reposts, and reposts/day were collected. The Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT), modified DISCERN (mDISCERN), Video Information and Quality Index (VIQI), and Global Quality Score (GQS) were applied to assess the quality of videos.
Among the 100 videos in this study, most were uploaded by surgical physicians (n = 50), and the most common topic was anatomy/basic facts (n = 21). The mean scores of the PEMAT, PEMAT-U, and PEMAT-A were 71.18 ± 16.56, 82.23 ± 15.00, and 44.00 ± 37.57, respectively. Among the five questions of the mDISCERN tool, 71, 90, 82, 9, and 28 videos were evaluated as "yes", respectively. The mean scores of mDISCERN, VIQI, and GQS were 2.80 ± 1.03, 14.87 ± 2.27, and 3.72 ± 1.00, respectively. The characteristics and quality of videos are significantly different based on the uploader and content.
The quality of thyroid cancer information on TikTok is unsatisfactory. There is a need for high-quality thyroid cancer-related information on short-video platforms for patient education.
随着互联网用户的增加，他们倾向于将在线视频平台作为获取医学信息的来源。在中国，最受欢迎的短视频应用程序 TikTok 上有许多与甲状腺癌相关的视频。然而，这些视频的质量评估仍然缺失。本研究的目的是评估 TikTok 上与甲状腺癌相关的视频质量。
在 TikTok 上使用“甲状腺癌”作为关键词进行搜索。从搜索结果中选择前 100 个视频。收集视频的特征，包括视频长度、在 TikTok 上的时长、点赞数、点赞数/天、评论数、评论数/天、收藏数、收藏数/天、转发数和转发数/天。应用患者教育材料评估工具（PEMAT）、改良 DISCERN（mDISCERN）、视频信息和质量指数（VIQI）和全球质量评分（GQS）来评估视频质量。
在本研究的 100 个视频中，大多数视频由外科医生上传（n=50），最常见的主题是解剖/基础知识（n=21）。PEMAT、PEMAT-U 和 PEMAT-A 的平均得分分别为 71.18±16.56、82.23±15.00 和 44.00±37.57。在 mDISCERN 工具的五个问题中，分别有 71、90、82、9 和 28 个视频被评估为“是”。mDISCERN、VIQI 和 GQS 的平均得分分别为 2.80±1.03、14.87±2.27 和 3.72±1.00。根据上传者和内容，视频的特征和质量存在显著差异。
TikTok 上甲状腺癌信息的质量不尽如人意。短视频平台上需要有高质量的甲状腺癌相关信息，以进行患者教育。
