YouTube as a source of patient information for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): A content-quality and audience engagement analysis.
Rev Med Virol
; 30(5): e2132, 2020 09.
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| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-848176
ABSTRACT
YouTube is the second most popular website in the world and is increasingly being used as a platform for disseminating health information. Our aim was to evaluate the content-quality and audience engagement of YouTube videos pertaining to the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)-CoV-2 virus which causes the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), during the early phase of the pandemic. We chose the first 30 videos for seven different search phrases "2019 nCoV," "SARS CoV-2," "COVID-19 virus," "coronavirus treatment," "coronavirus explained," "what is the coronavirus" and "coronavirus information." Video contents were evaluated by two independent medical students with more than 5 years of experience using the DISCERN instrument. Qualitative data, quantitative data and upload source for each video was noted for a quality and audience engagement analysis. Out of the total 210 videos, 137 met our inclusion criteria and were evaluated. The mean DISCERN score was 31.33 out of 75 possible points, which indicates that the quality of YouTube videos on COVID-19 is currently poor. There was excellent reliability between the two raters (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.96). 55% of the videos discussed prevention, 49% discussed symptoms and 46% discussed the spread of the virus. Most of the videos were uploaded by news channels (50%) and education channels (40%). The quality of YouTube videos on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 is poor, however, we have listed the top-quality videos in our article as they may be effective tools for patient education during the pandemic.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Participación del Paciente
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Neumonía Viral
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
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Pandemias
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Medios de Comunicación Sociales
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Betacoronavirus
Tipo de estudio:
Estudios diagnósticos
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Estudio experimental
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Investigación cualitativa
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Humanos
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Inglés
Revista:
Rev Med Virol
Asunto de la revista:
Virología
Año:
2020
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Artículo
País de afiliación:
Rmv.2132
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