Seelam Laxmi Priya, Chippada Rohan S, Raj Kshitij, Agarwal Shrishti, Tekalegn Fetsum, Santhosh Akash, Tiwari Aakriti
Internal Medicine, MNR Medical College and Hospital, Sangareddy, IND.
Internal Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, IND.
Cureus. 2024 Apr 22;16(4):e58710. doi: 10.7759/cureus.58710. eCollection 2024 Apr.
Palpitations refer to the sensation of rapid, fluttering, or pounding heartbeats in the chest, the determinants of which may range from hormonal changes to anxiety or arrhythmias. YouTube is one of the most prevailing and accepted web-based platforms people trust to help them understand more about their health conditions. Thus, this study aims to assess whether the quality of content about palpitations on this platform is reliable and sufficient. Seventy-one YouTube videos were analyzed using criteria such as date and time of upload, type of uploader, and type of content. The Global Quality Score (GQS) and modified DISCERN score were used to analyze the quality and reliability of the information provided. Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, US) was used for data analysis, and StataCorp's 2023 Stata Statistical Software (College Station, TX, US) was used for statistical analysis and visualization. Of the 71 videos analyzed, 90.14% were uploaded more than a year ago, 80.28% described the symptomatology in detail, and 81.69% accurately described the etiological factors. Hospitals and doctors were the most common uploaders, constituting 23% and 19% of the uploaded videos, respectively, and had high GQSs (Median GQS = 4). The highest scores also belonged to videos uploaded by patients suffering from the disease (Median GQS = 5). Hospitals and news channels ranked highest on the reliability score (Median DISCERN = 4, respectively). It was determined that despite varied sources, the nature of content provided by the platform contains promotional material and content gaps; YouTube should, therefore, be used critically and as per professional sources.
心悸是指胸部出现快速、跳动或砰砰直跳的心跳感觉，其决定因素可能从激素变化到焦虑或心律失常不等。YouTube是人们信任的最流行且被广泛接受的基于网络的平台之一，可帮助他们更多地了解自身健康状况。因此，本研究旨在评估该平台上有关心悸内容的质量是否可靠且充分。使用上传日期和时间、上传者类型以及内容类型等标准对71个YouTube视频进行了分析。采用全球质量评分（GQS）和改良的DISCERN评分来分析所提供信息的质量和可靠性。使用Microsoft Excel（美国华盛顿州雷德蒙德市微软公司）进行数据分析，并使用美国德克萨斯州大学城StataCorp公司的2023 Stata统计软件进行统计分析和可视化。在分析的71个视频中，90.14%是一年多以前上传的，80.28%详细描述了症状，81.69%准确描述了病因。医院和医生是最常见的上传者，分别占上传视频的23%和19%，且GQS得分较高（GQS中位数 = 4）。得分最高的也是患有该疾病的患者上传的视频（GQS中位数 = 5）。医院和新闻频道在可靠性评分上排名最高（DISCERN中位数分别为4）。研究确定，尽管来源各异，但该平台提供的内容性质包含宣传材料和内容空白；因此，使用YouTube时应谨慎，并参考专业来源。
