*Yozgat Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey.
†Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey.
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2024 Mar-Apr;114(2). doi: 10.7547/22-168.
The aim of this study was to measure the quality of information about "flatfoot" and "pes planus" presented online on the social media site YouTube and to determine the trends of viewers to medical information on YouTube.
"Flatfoot and pes planus" was typed into the YouTube search module. From the search results, videos with 50,000 views or more, longer than 45 seconds, and containing information about flatfoot and pes planus disease were selected. DISCERN and JAMA scoring, daily average views, number of likes, and number of comments were collected from 53 videos that met the criteria. The profession of the sharer was evaluated in terms of the information quality of the sharing and the orientation of the audience.
The mean number of views per day of the examined videos was 2,047. The mean video presentation time was 8 minutes 50 seconds. The mean JAMA score was 2 of 4 and the mean DISCERN score was 38.16 of 75. According to the DISCERN score according to the professions, the video quality was moderate for doctors (41.44 ± 12.99), moderate for physiotherapists (41.91 ± 9.04), poor for coaches (32.78 ± 7.87), poor for patients (34.50 ± 5.32), and weak for others (34.89 ± 14.00). According to the Spearman correlation between DISCERN score and mean daily viewing, significant relationships were found for the doctors (P = .0102) and others groups (P = .0033); however, no significant relationships were observed for the physiotherapists group (P = .1073), the flatfoot patients group (P = .5363), and the coaches group (P = .9111). There were significant relationships between like and comment counts in all groups (doctors, P = .0088; coaches, P = .0069; physiotherapists, P = .0007; others, P =.0018; and patients, P = .0066).
Looking at previous studies, it was observed that the quality of online health information was historically inadequate. Likewise, in our study on YouTube, we found that the quality of flatfoot and pes planus information was poor to moderate.
本研究旨在测量社交媒体网站 YouTube 上关于“扁平足”和“平足症”的信息质量，并确定观看者对 YouTube 上医学信息的趋势。
在 YouTube 的搜索模块中输入“扁平足和平足症”。从搜索结果中，选择观看次数超过 5 万次、时长超过 45 秒且包含扁平足和平足症相关信息的视频。从符合标准的 53 个视频中收集 DISCERN 和 JAMA 评分、每日平均观看次数、点赞数和评论数。根据分享者的职业评估分享信息的质量和观众的倾向。
所检查视频的平均每日观看次数为 2047 次。视频平均播放时间为 8 分 50 秒。JAMA 平均得分为 2 分，DISCERN 平均得分为 75 分中的 38.16 分。根据职业的 DISCERN 评分，医生的视频质量为中等（41.44 ± 12.99），物理治疗师为中等（41.91 ± 9.04），教练为差（32.78 ± 7.87），患者为差（34.50 ± 5.32），其他为弱（34.89 ± 14.00）。根据 DISCERN 评分与每日平均观看次数之间的 Spearman 相关性，在医生（P =.0102）和其他组（P =.0033）中发现显著关系；然而，在物理治疗师组（P =.1073）、扁平足患者组（P =.5363）和教练组（P =.9111）中未发现显著关系。在所有组（医生、P =.0088；教练、P =.0069；物理治疗师、P =.0007；其他、P =.0018；和患者、P =.0066）中，点赞和评论数之间存在显著关系。
从以往的研究来看，在线健康信息的质量历来是不足的。同样，在我们对 YouTube 的研究中，我们发现扁平足和平足症信息的质量较差到中等。
