Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey.
BMC Oral Health. 2024 Jul 15;24(1):798. doi: 10.1186/s12903-024-04571-5.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the content and quality of videos about bruxism treatments on YouTube, a platform frequently used by patients today to obtain information.
A YouTube search was performed using the keywords "bruxism treatment" and "teeth grinding treatment". "The sort by relevance" filter was used for both search terms and the first 150 videos were saved. A total of 139 videos that met the study criteria were included in the study. Videos were classified as poor, moderate or excellent based on a usefulness score that evaluated content quality. The modified DISCERN tool was also used to evaluate video quality. Additionally, videos were categorized according to the upload source, target audience and video type. The types of treatments mentioned in the videos and the demographic data of the videos were recorded.
According to the usefulness score, 59% of the videos were poor-quality, 36.7% were moderate-quality and 4.3% were excellent-quality. Moderate-quality videos had a higher interaction index than excellent-quality videos (p = 0.039). The video duration of excellent-quality videos was longer than that of moderate and poor-quality videos (p = 0.024, p = 0.002). Videos with poor-quality content were found to have significantly lower DISCERN scores than videos with moderate (p < 0.001) and excellent-quality content (p = 0.008). Additionally, there was a significantly positive and moderate (r = 0.446) relationship between DISCERN scores and content usefulness scores (p < 0.001). There was only a weak positive correlation between DISCERN scores and video length (r = 0.359; p < 0.001). The videos uploaded by physiotherapists had significantly higher views per day and viewing rate than videos uploaded by medical doctors (p = 0.037), university-hospital-institute (p = 0.024) and dentists (p = 0.006). The videos uploaded by physiotherapists had notably higher number of likes and number of comments than videos uploaded by medical doctors (p = 0.023; p = 0.009, respectively), university-hospital-institute (p = 0.003; p = 0.008, respectively) and dentists (p = 0.002; p = 0.002, respectively).
Although the majority of videos on YouTube about bruxism treatments are produced by professionals, most of the videos contain limited information, which may lead patients to debate treatment methods. Health professionals should warn patients against this potentially misleading content and direct them to reliable sources.
本研究旨在评估 YouTube 上有关磨牙症治疗的视频的内容和质量，YouTube 是当今患者获取信息的常用平台。
使用关键词“磨牙症治疗”和“磨牙治疗”在 YouTube 上进行搜索。对两个搜索词都使用“相关性排序”过滤器，并保存前 150 个视频。共有 139 个符合研究标准的视频被纳入研究。根据评估内容质量的有用性评分，将视频分为差、中、优。还使用改良后的 DISCERN 工具评估视频质量。此外，根据上传来源、目标受众和视频类型对视频进行分类。记录视频中提到的治疗方法和视频的人口统计学数据。
根据有用性评分，59%的视频质量较差，36.7%为中等质量，4.3%为高质量。中等质量的视频互动指数高于高质量的视频（p=0.039）。高质量视频的时长长于中等质量和较差质量的视频（p=0.024，p=0.002）。内容质量差的视频的 DISCERN 评分明显低于内容质量中等（p<0.001）和高质量（p=0.008）的视频。此外，DISCERN 评分与内容有用性评分之间存在显著的正相关关系（r=0.446，p<0.001）。DISCERN 评分与视频长度之间仅存在微弱的正相关关系（r=0.359；p<0.001）。理疗师上传的视频每天的浏览量和浏览率明显高于医生（p=0.037）、大学医院研究所（p=0.024）和牙医（p=0.006）上传的视频。理疗师上传的视频点赞数和评论数明显高于医生（p=0.023；p=0.009）、大学医院研究所（p=0.003；p=0.008）和牙医（p=0.002；p=0.002）上传的视频。
尽管 YouTube 上有关磨牙症治疗的视频大多由专业人士制作，但其中大多数视频的信息量有限，这可能导致患者对治疗方法产生争议。健康专业人员应提醒患者注意这种潜在的误导性内容，并引导他们访问可靠的来源。
