Research Article

Quality Analysis of the Youtube Videos on Kidney Transplantation

Volume: 44 Number: 1 March 30, 2022
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Quality Analysis of the Youtube Videos on Kidney Transplantation

Abstract

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the quality of video content related to kidney transplantation on YouTube as a source of information.
Method: 117 YouTube videos were included in this study. Utilization of Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) score, Global Quality Scale (GQS) and modified DISCERN score were approved for quality assessment.
Results: Stand-alone health information websites comprised 35.9% of all video resources. The quality of the videos from universities/professional organizations/nonprofit physicians/physicians was generally better than the videos from other sources (p<0.001). According to the modified DISCERN score, the quality level of 72.6% of the video contents classified as poor. A positive correlation drew attention between the scores and the duration of videos (p<0.001).
Conclusions: We think that the quality of the video content about kidney transplantation on YouTube is quite insufficient. The best quality of content was provided by universities/professional organisations/nonprofit physicians/physicians among all videos.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

March 30, 2022

Submission Date

February 26, 2022

Acceptance Date

March 24, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 44 Number: 1

AMA
1.Taştemur S, Şenel S, Kasap Y, Uzun E, Ölçücüoğlu E. Quality Analysis of the Youtube Videos on Kidney Transplantation. CMJ. 2022;44(1):98-103. doi:10.7197/cmj.1078844

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