Global View on Monkeypox Epidemic: A Youtube Study

Abstract

Background: We aimed to evaluate the quality of the videos on Youtube about Monkeypox, the precision of the content, and the video features by using various tools. Methods: Videos about Monkeypox were searched on YouTube™ (http://www.youtube.com) on 22/05/2022. After sorting by relevance for the search term "Monkeypox," the first 200 videos were recruited and saved as a file for later consideration. The browsing history was deleted before the search so that it would not be affected by previous searches. The Global Quality Scale (GQS) was used to evaluate the quality of the videos. A p value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Video topics were mainly about symptoms (68.4%), transmission (48.5%), definitions (39.7%), and prevention (33.8%), and as for the video sources; News agencies/ Tv sources (106) uploaded the most videos. While the GQS and Discern median values of the videos were 2 and 3, respectively, they were 2 and 3 for useful videos; and both 1 for misleading videos. Misleading videos had significantly and consistently lower GQS and Discern scores (1; p=0.001). Most of the videos were of USA (64) origin. While users upload the most useful and misleading videos from the USA, uploads were made from 17 different countries. Conclusion: It is necessary to prefer useful videos for accessing medically accurate and quality information. Quality video sources such as Physicians and Scientific Journals should upload more videos to Youtube for users to access useful/quality information.

Keywords

• MONKEYPOX
• YOU TUBE
• VİDEOS
• THE GLOBAL QUALİTY SCALE
• QUALİTY INFORMATION

Global View on Monkeypox Epidemic: A Youtube Study

Öz

Amaç: Youtube'da Monkeypox ile ilgili videoların kalitesini, içeriğin doğruluğunu ve video özelliklerini çeşitli araçlar kullanarak değerlendirmeyi amaçladık. Yöntemler: 22/05/2022 tarihinde YouTube™'da (http://www.youtube.com) Monkeypox ile ilgili videolar arandı. "Maymun çiçeği" arama terimi için alaka düzeyine göre sıralama yapıldıktan sonra ilk 200 video toplandı ve daha sonra değerlendirilmek üzere bir dosya olarak kaydedildi. Tarama geçmişi, önceki aramalardan etkilenmemesi için aramadan önce silindi. Videoların kalitesini değerlendirmek için Global Kalite Ölçeği (GQS) kullanıldı. P<0,05 değeri istatistiksel olarak anlamlı kabul edildi. Bulgular: Video konularının ağırlıklı olarak semptomlar (%68,4), bulaşma (%48,5), tanımlar (%39,7) ve korunma (%33,8) ile ilgili olduğu ve video kaynaklarına gelince; Haber ajansları/TV kaynakları (106) en fazla videoyu yükledi. Videoların GQS ve Discern medyan değerleri sırasıyla 2 ve 3 olurken, faydalı videolar için 2 ve 3; ve yanıltıcı videolar için her ikisi de 1. Yanıltıcı videoların GQS ve Discern puanları anlamlı ve tutarlı bir şekilde düşüktü (1; p=0,001). Videoların çoğu ABD (64) kökenliydi. Kullanıcılar en faydalı ve yanıltıcı videoları ABD'den yüklerken, 17 farklı ülkeden yüklemeler yapıldı. Sonuç: Tıbbi açıdan doğru ve kaliteli bilgiye ulaşmak için faydalı videoların tercih edilmesi gerekmektedir. Hekimler ve Bilimsel Dergiler gibi kaliteli video kaynaklarının, kullanıcıların faydalı/kaliteli bilgilere

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Maymun çiçeği; YoutubeTM; videolar; Küresel Kalite Ölçeği; kaliteli bilgi.

Kaynakça

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