The Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI;
The Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.
Skinmed. 2023 Sep 29;21(4):248-251. eCollection 2023.
TikTok is the newest and the most popular form of social media for young global audiences. Healthcare professionals can present medical information to all audiences in engaging and short-length videos. Our study evaluated the reliability of monkeypox-related information presented on TikTok. We assessed the quality of the information presented using DISCERN, a peer-reviewed tool used for evaluating health information presented to consumers. Findings from our study suggested that physicians, members of the healthcare field, and nonmedical individuals post videos for viewers with unreliable information. Physicians and other healthcare professionals should prioritize providing reliable and well-cited information about current infectious diseases, such as monkeypox, to the young and impressionable audiences using TikTok.
TikTok 是面向全球年轻受众的最新、最流行的社交媒体形式。医疗保健专业人员可以在引人入胜且篇幅较短的视频中向所有观众呈现医学信息。我们的研究评估了 TikTok 上呈现的猴痘相关信息的可靠性。我们使用 DISCERN 评估所呈现信息的质量，这是一个用于评估向消费者呈现的健康信息的同行评审工具。我们的研究结果表明，医生、医疗保健领域的成员和非医疗人员会为观众发布包含不可靠信息的视频。医生和其他医疗保健专业人员应该优先使用 TikTok 为年轻且易受影响的受众提供有关当前传染病（如猴痘）的可靠和有充分引用的信息。
