Assesing the usage of Youtube as a health information source about mitral valve prolapse. (Preprint)
BACKGROUND Youtube is the largest media sharing site with more than a billion active users monthly. Youtube videos are using for many subjects and health information is popular one of these subjects. OBJECTIVE In this study, we aim to examine and analyse a common mitral valve disease such as mitral valve prolapse videos on Youtube, which can be used on researching health problem, can contribute how and in what extend to inform patients and healthcare professionals. METHODS All cookies on the computer were cleared and the term "mitral valve prolapse" was entered in YouTube's search bar on 26/04/2020 (YouTube, www.youtube.com YouTube LLC, San Bruno, CA, USA). Search was made by selecting sorting criteria "number of views", type "general", loading date "any time" and time "all" among filter options. İrrelevant (n:68), two or more repeated videos (n:3), non-English (n:1) were excluded from study. 40 videos were watched by two independent observers. The number of views, duration, who uploaded, like and dislike numbers of the videos were recorded in the form that prepared beforehand. GQS (table 1), JAMA (table 2), Discern (table 3) and VPI scores were calculated. The averages of the values recorded by the two observers were recorded on the form. RESULTS Of the 40 videos included in the study, 23 (57.5%) were informative and 17 (42.5%) were educational. 21 (52.5%) of these videos were targeted to patients and 19 (47.5%) to health professionals. 26 (65%) videos were created by healthcare professionals (figure 1). When the features of the 40 videos included in the study were examined, one video has the JAMA score of 4 and five video has the GQS score of 5. The average scores of all videos on the quality scales are given in table 4. The VPI average of the videos included in the study was found to be 0.91 ± 0.11. CONCLUSIONS Although it was not statistically significant, the number of views and likes of the informative videos were higher than educational videos, but the average of the GQS, JAMA, DISCERN, and VPI scores of the educational videos were higher in our study. Although the number of views and likes of the videos for patients were higher, this difference was not statistically significant. The VPI average was statistically significantly higher in the videos targeting to patients than the videos targeting to health professionals.