Health Science University, Eskisehir City Health Application and Research Center, Department of Urology, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Private Çakıcı Urology Clinic, Ankara, Turkey.
Colomb Med (Cali). 2024 Mar 30;55(1):e2015861. doi: 10.25100/cm.v55i1.5861. eCollection 2024 Jan-Mar.
YouTube is one of the most used social media platforms for accessing health information.
To evaluate the quality and reliability of YouTube videos about chronic prostatitis.
YouTube search using the keywords "kronik prostatit" for Turkish videos and 'chronic prostatitis' for English videos were done. The videos were evaluated through modified-Quality Criteria for Consumer Health Information (DISCERN), the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the Global Quality Scale (GQS), and Video Power Index (VPI) scoring systems. The characters of the videos were also recorded and analyzed.
Of the 65 Turkish videos, videos of health professions (HPv) were uploaded 58 and seven videos of non-professional in health (NPv). There were no significant differences between the views, like counts, VPI, or the content quality and reliability of HPv and NPv. Of the 62 English videos, videos of HP were uploaded 40 and 22 videos of non-professional in health. Although HPv were found to have greater DISCERN and JAMA values, Lv had more views, view ratio, and Video Power Index than HPv. When all 127 videos were evaluated regardless of the language, NPv were found to have more total views and ratings, but there were no significant differences between like ratio, VPI, DISCERN, JAMA, and GQS values between the two groups.
Most YouTube videos about chronic prostatitis did not have enough quality and reliable information. Health associations should be more attentive to posting more content videos of sufficient quality and reliability on social media platforms.
YouTube 是获取健康信息最常用的社交媒体平台之一。
评估有关慢性前列腺炎的 YouTube 视频的质量和可靠性。
使用关键词“kronik prostatit”（土耳其语）和“chronic prostatitis”（英语）在 YouTube 上进行搜索。通过修改后的消费者健康信息质量标准（DISCERN）、《美国医学会杂志》（JAMA）、全球质量量表（GQS）和视频动力指数（VPI）评分系统对视频进行评估。还记录并分析了视频的特点。
在 65 个土耳其语视频中，有 58 个视频来自医疗保健专业人士（HPv），7 个视频来自非医疗保健专业人士（NPv）。HPv 和 NPv 的浏览量、点赞数、VPI 或内容质量和可靠性之间没有显著差异。在 62 个英语视频中，有 40 个视频来自医疗保健专业人士（HPv），22 个视频来自非医疗保健专业人士（NPv）。尽管 HPv 的 DISCERN 和 JAMA 值更高，但 Lv 的浏览量、浏览量比例和视频动力指数均高于 HPv。当评估所有 127 个视频，无论语言如何，NPv 的总浏览量和评分都更高，但两组之间的点赞比例、VPI、DISCERN、JAMA 和 GQS 值没有显著差异。
大多数关于慢性前列腺炎的 YouTube 视频没有足够的质量和可靠信息。健康协会应该更加关注在社交媒体平台上发布更多质量和可靠性足够的内容视频。
