Does Most Watched YouTube Videos Related to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Provide Sufficient Information?

Authors : Levent Umur, Enes Sari

Pages : 484-490

Doi:10.31067/acusaglik.1024459

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Publication Date : 2022-10-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of the most watched YouTube videos regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Methods The first fifty most watched videos for search term "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome” on YouTube, meeting inclusion criteria are included and evaluated by two researchers with DISCERN, JAMA and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Informational Assessment (CTSIA) scores, under the groups of physicians, health channels and other sources. Results There were statistically significant positive correlation between scoring systems, including CTSIA. No statistically significant correlation was found between video source and number of views, and between video source and view rate. There was no correlation between video source and number of views, and between video source and view rate. There was a relation between video source and DISCERN, JAMA, and CTSIA scores which was statistically significant (p<0.05). The videos uploaded by doctors and health channels had higher DISCERN scores than other sources (p=0.025 and 0.024, respectively), the videos uploaded by health channels had higher JAMA scores than other sources (p=0.013), and the videos uploaded by doctors had higher CTSIA scores than other sources. Conclusion Informational quality of videos about CTS is insufficient, even for physician videos although these are better than other sources. There is a clear need for guidelines and scoring systems for online medical information videos since internet is accepted and used as the ultimate information source.
Keywords : carpal tunnel syndrome, YouTube, patient education, medical informational video