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