Jammula Geethiikha, Ardeshna-Chovatiya Juhi, Djahanshahi Nadia, Basta Marina Samuel, Katariya Krishna Amarlal, Daniel Iorwuese Ali, Joshi Saumya
Guntur Medical College, Dr. N.T.R University of Health Sciences, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Government Baroda Medical College and S.S.G. Hospital, Vadodara, India.
J Hum Hypertens. 2025 Apr;39(4):308-312. doi: 10.1038/s41371-025-00999-6. Epub 2025 Mar 7.
Patient education is an important aspect in the management of hypertension and YouTube has become a popular platform for sharing hypertension-related information, but concerns persist regarding the accuracy and reliability of such content in the context of patient education. To address this issue, this cross-sectional type of observational study aims to assess YouTube's information on hypertension using the Global Quality Score (GQS) and Reliability Score (DISCERN SCORE), which evaluate the quality and trustworthiness of the YouTube content, and the Video Power Index (VPI). Majority of the videos are uploaded by physicians (26, 33.3 percent) and most give information about causes/etiology, treatment, complications (n = 51, 65.38%) each. The median GQS for all the videos is 4. The median reliability score is 4. The statistical test used is Kruskal - Wallis Test. The p value of VPI, GQS, and Reliability score among various types of uploader are 0.264, 0.347 and 0.452. Hence, there is no statistical significance (p value > 0.05). The analysis therefore suggests that the quality of these videos is moderate. Although they usually provide accurate information, they lack comprehensiveness and may have a biased perspective.
患者教育是高血压管理的一个重要方面，YouTube已成为分享高血压相关信息的热门平台，但在患者教育背景下，此类内容的准确性和可靠性仍令人担忧。为解决这一问题，这项横断面观察性研究旨在使用全球质量评分（GQS）、可靠性评分（DISCERN评分）以及视频影响力指数（VPI）来评估YouTube上有关高血压的信息，其中GQS和DISCERN评分用于评估YouTube内容的质量和可信度。大多数视频由医生上传（26个，占33.3%），且大多数视频都分别提供了有关病因、治疗和并发症的信息（n = 51，占65.38%）。所有视频的GQS中位数为4，可靠性评分中位数为4。所使用的统计检验为Kruskal - Wallis检验。不同类型上传者的VPI、GQS和可靠性评分的p值分别为0.264、0.347和0.452。因此，不存在统计学意义（p值>0.05）。该分析表明，这些视频的质量中等。虽然它们通常提供准确信息，但缺乏全面性，且可能存在有偏差的观点。
