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                                                                <journal-id>j health sci med / jhsm</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2636-8579</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>MediHealth Academy Yayıncılık</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.32322/jhsm.1357063</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>General Surgery</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Genel Cerrahi</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Anoplasty and information pollution in health on YouTube</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0050-2727</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Poyrazoğlu</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ömer Bilgehan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>NIGDE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20231029">
                    <day>10</day>
                    <month>29</month>
                    <year>2023</year>
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                                        <volume>6</volume>
                                        <issue>6</issue>
                                        <fpage>1302</fpage>
                                        <lpage>1306</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20230908">
                        <day>09</day>
                        <month>08</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20231010">
                        <day>10</day>
                        <month>10</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2018, Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2018</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Aims: One of the most fundamental human rights is the right to information. The aim of our study is to investigate the accuracy, reliability and comprehensibility of the videos made on YouTube about anal stenosis. However, users often do not question this information&#039;s accuracy, adequacy, and efficiency. Anal stenosis is a disease that we frequently encounter for iatrogenic reasons, especially after post hemorrhoidectomy. When many publications are reviewed, anal stenosis can be seen in 1.2%-10% of patients undergoing hemorrhoidectomy.Methods: Our study primarily and mainly YouTube videos about anoplasty published in English were preferred. However, when sufficient videos could not be reached scientifically, other videos were translated into English and included in the study. As of March 1, 2021, &quot;anoplasty&quot; was typed into the youtube search engine, and Thirty-eight videos of the most relevant videos on this subject were examined.JAMA,DISCERN,GQS was used for assessment in this study.Result: The averages of the JAMA, DISCERN, and GQS fitness parameters used in the study were found to be 2.55 (1-4), 36.58 (18-59), and 2.84 (1-5), respectively. Of the 38 videos evaluated, 7 got 5 points according to GQS, and 8 got 4 points according to JAMA. According to DISCERN, none of them got full points. It could get a maximum of 59 points. It was also a single video. A statistically significant relationship was found among these parameters (GQS, JAMA, DISCERN) (p .05 )Conclusion: We believe that this study will contribute to those who will share about health on YouTube within the framework of more accurate and scientific rules; therefore, it will raise awareness. Primarily this is necessary and essential for videos made in the name of health.</p></abstract>
                                                                                    
            
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                                                    <kwd>Anal stenosis</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  health</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  YouTube</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  surgery</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  information pollution</kwd>
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