Yılmaz Emre, Çamcı Sencer, Özçubukçu Fatih, Şahin Aziz
Cardiology, Giresun University Faculty of Medicine, Giresun, TUR.
Cureus. 2024 Aug 30;16(8):e68243. doi: 10.7759/cureus.68243. eCollection 2024 Aug.
The aim of our study was to evaluate the content and quality of heart failure posts on the video-sharing site YouTube, which is an easily accessible source of information and is becoming increasingly popular in society for obtaining health information.
In December 2023, we evaluated 162 videos after applying the exclusion criteria as a result of our search with the keyword "Heart Failure" on English-sharing sites. In addition to the technical data of the videos, such as views, duration, upload day, likes, and dislikes, we also used indices such as power index and popularity score in the analyses. We evaluated the quality of the videos using the DISCERN and global quality score scales, and the content using our content score scale. We classified the videos in the study into three quality subgroups according to the scores they received on all three scales.
The median number of views of the videos included in our study was 31092 (interquartile range (IQR): 3929-127758) and the median video duration was 336 (IQR: 189-843) seconds. The median popularity score was 28.25 (IQR: 4.7-143) and the median power index was 35139 (2061-308128). Group 1 (low quality) included 54 videos with a total score between 10 and 14, group 2 (medium quality) included 54 videos with a total score between 15 and 22, and group 3 (high quality) included 54 videos with a total score between 23 and 30. Views, upload day, and video duration were significantly higher for group 3 videos (p = 0.008, p = 0.001, and p < 0.001, respectively). Likes and dislikes were not significantly different between groups. The popularity score was significantly higher for group 1 videos (39.5 (IQR: 6.5-200), p = 0.023), while the power index was significantly higher for group 3 videos (74206 (IQR: 9477-221408), p = 0.006).
Our findings confirm that YouTube, a video-sharing website, is essential for easily sharing and spreading health-related information to a broad audience. Increased attention to videos with scientific content and high-quality scores suggests that YouTube provides accurate and quality information about heart failure. While the number of quality posts tends to increase daily, healthcare professionals should be encouraged to share high-quality scientific videos more frequently.
我们研究的目的是评估视频分享网站YouTube上有关心力衰竭的帖子的内容和质量。YouTube是一个易于获取信息的来源，在社会上获取健康信息方面越来越受欢迎。
2023年12月，我们在英文分享网站上使用关键词“心力衰竭”进行搜索后，应用排除标准对162个视频进行了评估。除了视频的技术数据，如观看次数、时长、上传日期、点赞数和点踩数外，我们在分析中还使用了影响力指数和人气得分等指标。我们使用DISCERN和整体质量评分量表评估视频质量，使用我们的内容评分量表评估内容。根据所有三个量表的得分，我们将研究中的视频分为三个质量亚组。
我们研究中纳入的视频的观看次数中位数为31092次（四分位间距（IQR）：3929 - 127758），视频时长中位数为336秒（IQR：189 - 843）。人气得分中位数为28.25（IQR：4.7 - 143），影响力指数中位数为35139（2061 - 308128）。第1组（低质量）包括54个视频，总分在10至14分之间；第2组（中等质量）包括54个视频，总分在15至22分之间；第3组（高质量）包括54个视频，总分在23至30分之间。第3组视频的观看次数、上传日期和视频时长显著更高（分别为p = 0.008、p = 0.001和p < 0.001）。各组之间的点赞数和点踩数没有显著差异。第1组视频的人气得分显著更高（39.5（IQR：6.5 - 200），p = 0.023），而第3组视频的影响力指数显著更高（74206（IQR：9477 - 221408），p = 0.006）。
我们的研究结果证实，视频分享网站YouTube对于向广大受众轻松分享和传播健康相关信息至关重要。对具有科学内容和高质量得分的视频的关注度增加表明，YouTube提供了有关心力衰竭的准确和高质量信息。虽然高质量帖子的数量每天都有增加的趋势，但应鼓励医疗保健专业人员更频繁地分享高质量的科学视频。
