TY  - JOUR
T1  - Popularity, quality and reliability of YouTube videos as an information resource on kinesio taping
AU  - Güvener, Orhan
AU  - Dağ, Figen
AU  - Sarıkaya, Pınar Müge
PY  - 2023
DA  - March
DO  - 10.5798/dicletip.1266703
JF  - Dicle Medical Journal
JO  - diclemedj
PB  - Dicle University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1300-2945
SP  - 22
EP  - 29
VL  - 50
IS  - 1
LA  - tr
AB  - Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and quality of videos on YouTube as an information resource about Kinesio taping (KT).Methods: We made a search on YouTube using the keyword "Kinesiotaping" on November 10, 2021. The popularity of first 200 videos evaluated with the video power Index (VPI), reliability with the modified DISCERN (M-DISCERN) score, and quality with the global quality score (GQS).Results: Of the 98 videos evaluated, 42(42.9%) were categorized as high-quality, 36(36.7%) as low-quality, and 20(20.4%) as moderate-quality. Significant positive correlations were observed between GQS, M-DISCERN, and VPI (p
KW  - Kinesio taping
KW  - online education
KW  - quality
KW  - reliability
KW  - YouTube
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.5798/dicletip.1266703
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/3017265
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