Department of Urology, Hatay Education and Research Hospital, Hatay, Turkey.
Department of Urology, Baskent University Adana Dr. Turgut Noyan Research and Medical Center, Adana, Turkey.
Int J Impot Res. 2024 Nov;36(7):765-769. doi: 10.1038/s41443-023-00800-7. Epub 2023 Nov 30.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy and quality of the videos published on YouTube on the subject of disorder of sexual development. The search was performed by using term 'disorder of sexual development', 'differences in sex development', 'variations in sex development' and 'intersex' on YouTube. Videos in languages other than English and whose sound or image quality was poor were excluded from the study. The videos were evaluated in terms of source, content, intended audience, commercial bias, and accuracy of information. Video features were recorded. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) criteria, modified DISCERN scale and Global Quality Score (GQS) were used for quality evaluation. A total of 150 videos were evaluated. The source of 30% of the videos was medical education sites, the content of 43.3% was general information and the target audience of 40.6% was patients/society. Accuracy of information rate was 90% and commercial bias rate was 7.3%. The median JAMA, GQS and Modified DISCERN score were 1 (IQR value:2, range:0-2), 3 (IQR value:2, range:2-4) and 3 (IQR value:2, range:1-3) respectively. These scores were correlated with each other (rho = 0.834-0.909 p < 0.001). Scores of the videos whose source was academic journal/university were higher compared to other videos (p < 0.001). The median duration of the videos with good quality was longer (p < 0.001). A negative correlation was found between all scoring systems and number of views/likes/comments, view/comment per day and days since upload date (rho = -0.332, rho = -0.273, rho = -0.382, rho = -0.249, rho = -0.323 rho = -0.285 respectively; p < 0.05). YouTube is a good platform to learn about disorder of sexual development, but the quality may vary depending on the video source.
本研究旨在评估 YouTube 上有关性发育障碍主题的视频的准确性和质量。使用术语“性发育障碍”、“性别发育差异”、“性别发育变异”和“间性”在 YouTube 上进行了搜索。排除了非英语语言和声音或图像质量较差的视频。从来源、内容、目标受众、商业偏见和信息准确性等方面对视频进行了评估。记录了视频特征。使用《美国医学会杂志》（JAMA）标准、改良 DISCERN 量表和全球质量评分（GQS）进行质量评估。共评估了 150 个视频。30%的视频来源是医学教育网站，43.3%的内容是一般信息，40.6%的目标受众是患者/社会。信息准确率为 90%，商业偏见率为 7.3%。JAMA、GQS 和改良 DISCERN 评分中位数分别为 1（IQR 值：2，范围：0-2）、3（IQR 值：2，范围：2-4）和 3（IQR 值：2，范围：1-3）。这些评分相互相关（rho=0.834-0.909，p<0.001）。来源为学术期刊/大学的视频评分高于其他视频（p<0.001）。评分较高的视频质量较好，其视频时长也较长（p<0.001）。所有评分系统与观看次数/点赞数/评论数、每日观看次数/评论次数和上传日期后的天数之间均呈负相关（rho=-0.332，rho=-0.273，rho=-0.382，rho=-0.249，rho=-0.323，rho=-0.285；p<0.05）。YouTube 是了解性发育障碍的良好平台，但视频质量可能因视频来源而异。
