Research Article

Youtube and Asthma: A Critical Review of the Content of Popular Asthma Videos

Volume: 5 Number: 4 December 30, 2020
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Youtube and Asthma: A Critical Review of the Content of Popular Asthma Videos

Abstract

Objective: Asthma affects more than 300 million people worldwide, patients with asthma often use the Internet as a source of information. Youtube is the world's largest and most visited video site, with 92% of internet users in our country visiting it. The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of education by analyzing the information content of asthma-related videos on the most commonly used platform.

Materials and Methods: YouTube search was performed using the keyword "astım", including the 100 most Turkish Asthma videos were analyzed for characteristics, source, and content. A scoring system was established to assess quality of video.

Results: One hundred videos were analyzed, subject content was most commonly related to patient education (58%), while the second included videos about alternative treatments(37%). Videos of other health professionals had the highest score. View number of alternative medicine channels was higher than health professionals.

Conclusion: The most watched asthma videos on YouTube platform were evaluated, the videos of health professionals had highest quality, but the videos with the most alternative medicine content were viewed according to their viewing rates. There is a need to produce high-quality, educational materials by asthma healthcare professionals.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 30, 2020

Submission Date

July 11, 2020

Acceptance Date

September 27, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 5 Number: 4

AMA
1.Gunaydin F, Altin S. Youtube ve Astım: Astımla İlgili Popüler Videoların Bilgi İçeriğinin Eleştirel Bir Değerlendirmesi. OTJHS. 2020;5(4):563-571. doi:10.26453/otjhs.766699

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