scholarly journals Tetrahydrocannabinol and Skin Cancer: Analysis of YouTube Videos (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrina Mamo ◽  
Mindy D Szeto ◽  
Roya Mirhossaini ◽  
Andrew Fortugno ◽  
Robert P Dellavalle
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Skin Cancer ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Cancer Information ◽  
Antitumor Effects ◽  
Inaccurate Information ◽  
Global Quality ◽  
Quality Scale ◽  
Social Media Platforms

BACKGROUND Cannabis oil is being used topically by patients with skin cancer as a homeopathic remedy, and has been promoted and popularized on social media, including YouTube. Although topical cannabinoids, especially tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), may have antitumor effects, results from a sparse number of clinical trials and peer-reviewed studies detailing safety and efficacy are still under investigation. OBJECTIVE We sought to assess the accuracy, quality, and reliability of THC oil and skin cancer information available on YouTube. METHODS The 10 most-viewed videos on THC oil and skin cancer were analyzed with the Global Quality Scale (GQS), DISCERN score, and useful/misleading criteria based on presentation of erroneous and scientifically unproven information. The videos were also inspected for source, length, and audience likes/dislikes. Top comments were additionally examined based on whether they were favorable, unfavorable, or neutral regarding the video content. RESULTS All analyzed videos (10/10, 100%) received a GQS score of 1, corresponding to poor quality of content, and 9/10 (90%) videos received a DISCERN score of 0, indicating poor reliability of information presented. All 10 videos were also found to be misleading and not useful according to established criteria. Top comments were largely either favorable (13/27, 48%) or neutral (13/27, 48%) toward the content of the videos, compared to unfavorable (1/27, 4%). CONCLUSIONS Dermatologists should be aware that the spread of inaccurate information on skin cancer treatment currently exists on popular social media platforms and may lead to detrimental consequences for patients interested in pursuing alternative or homeopathic approaches.

scholarly journals Tetrahydrocannabinol and Skin Cancer: Analysis of YouTube Videos

10.2196/26564 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. e26564
Author(s):  
Andrina Mamo ◽  
Mindy D Szeto ◽  
Roya Mirhossaini ◽  
Andrew Fortugno ◽  
Robert P Dellavalle
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Skin Cancer ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Cancer Information ◽  
Antitumor Effects ◽  
Inaccurate Information ◽  
Global Quality ◽  
Quality Scale ◽  
Social Media Platforms

Background Cannabis oil is being used topically by patients with skin cancer as a homeopathic remedy, and has been promoted and popularized on social media, including YouTube. Although topical cannabinoids, especially tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), may have antitumor effects, results from a sparse number of clinical trials and peer-reviewed studies detailing safety and efficacy are still under investigation. Objective We sought to assess the accuracy, quality, and reliability of THC oil and skin cancer information available on YouTube. Methods The 10 most-viewed videos on THC oil and skin cancer were analyzed with the Global Quality Scale (GQS), DISCERN score, and useful/misleading criteria based on presentation of erroneous and scientifically unproven information. The videos were also inspected for source, length, and audience likes/dislikes. Top comments were additionally examined based on whether they were favorable, unfavorable, or neutral regarding the video content. Results All analyzed videos (10/10, 100%) received a GQS score of 1, corresponding to poor quality of content, and 9/10 (90%) videos received a DISCERN score of 0, indicating poor reliability of information presented. All 10 videos were also found to be misleading and not useful according to established criteria. Top comments were largely either favorable (13/27, 48%) or neutral (13/27, 48%) toward the content of the videos, compared to unfavorable (1/27, 4%). Conclusions Dermatologists should be aware that the spread of inaccurate information on skin cancer treatment currently exists on popular social media platforms and may lead to detrimental consequences for patients interested in pursuing alternative or homeopathic approaches.

scholarly journals Is YoutubeTM an accurate source of patient-information for awareness about periodontal diseases?

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Berceste Güler ◽  
Büşra Özaltun
Keyword(s):  
Periodontal Disease ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Periodontal Diseases ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Global Quality ◽  
Quality Scale ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Youtube Videos ◽  
Hygiene Education

Objectives: Oral hygiene education and patient awareness are crucial for prevention and the sustainability of its treatment because of high prevalence of periodontal diseases. This study aimed to evaluate YouTube videos related to periodontal diseases and assess them comprehensively, reliability, and quality for non-professional internet users.Methods: YouTube search was performed using the three keywords: ‘periodontal disease’, ‘gingival disease,’ and ‘gum disease’. Video lengths, duration, numbers of total views, likes, dislikes, comments values were recorded. The interaction index, viewing rates and video power index (VPI) were calculated. Comprehensiveness tailor-made index was assessed for content, Global Quality Scale (GQS), and DISCERN scales were used for reliability and quality of videos.Results: A total of 210 videos were evaluated, and 79 videos were included in the study. While 69 of the videos are useful videos, 9 of them have misleading video content. VPI values were found 2.88±0.67 for useful videos and 1.78±0.66 for misleading videos. The mean GQS value of the videos has seen as 2.76±0.7. According to the DISCERN score, 41.8% of the videos show poor quality. The number of videos with comprehensiveness value (2) score is 44 and the number of videos (1) score is 35.Conclusions: YouTube videos may be used as an education source about periodontal disease for non-professional users; however, videos need to be improved in terms of content and quality. These and similar publications may be supported for the optimization of videos to be shared on YouTube with periodontal disease and oral hygiene education.

scholarly journals YouTube Information about Diabetes and Oral Healthcare (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Pons-Fuster ◽  
Ruiz Roca Juan ◽  
Asta Tvarijonaviciute ◽  
Pia Lopez- Jornet
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
User Interaction ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Misleading Information ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Global Quality ◽  
Quality Scale

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that is increasing at an alarming rate all over the world OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the information available on YouTube on diabetes and oral healthcare METHODS This cross-sectional study made a search in YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/) applying the search terms “oral healthcare for diabetics.” Two reviewers assessed the videos and categorized them into useful, misleading or personal experience, and scored them using a global quality scale (GQS) from 1-5 according to their overall quality (1 = poor quality; 5 = excellent quality). The source of each video was also registered, as was user interaction with each video RESULTS A total of 97 videos were included for analysis. Of these, 30 (30.9%) contained useful information, 61 (62.9%) contained misleading information, and six (6.2%) recounted personal experiences. Overall quality scores showed statistically significant differences between those containing useful information and those with misleading information and personal experience (p=0.001). Significant differences in content were also found regarding oral hygiene (p=0.022), periodontitis (p=0.002), and infection (p=0.04). CONCLUSIONS YouTube provides informative videos about oral healthcare for diabetics. The quality of the videos was variable and the videos recorded by dental professionals and Universities showed a higher quality. Further research is needed into oral healthcare for diabetics.

scholarly journals Importance-Aware Learning for Neural Headline Editing

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (05) ◽  
pp. 9282-9289
Author(s):  
Qingyang Wu ◽  
Lei Li ◽  
Hao Zhou ◽  
Ying Zeng ◽  
Zhou Yu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Network Models ◽  
Language Models ◽  
Neural Network Models ◽  
Generation Task ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Editing Process ◽  
Different Levels

Many social media news writers are not professionally trained. Therefore, social media platforms have to hire professional editors to adjust amateur headlines to attract more readers. We propose to automate this headline editing process through neural network models to provide more immediate writing support for these social media news writers. To train such a neural headline editing model, we collected a dataset which contains articles with original headlines and professionally edited headlines. However, it is expensive to collect a large number of professionally edited headlines. To solve this low-resource problem, we design an encoder-decoder model which leverages large scale pre-trained language models. We further improve the pre-trained model's quality by introducing a headline generation task as an intermediate task before the headline editing task. Also, we propose Self Importance-Aware (SIA) loss to address the different levels of editing in the dataset by down-weighting the importance of easily classified tokens and sentences. With the help of Pre-training, Adaptation, and SIA, the model learns to generate headlines in the professional editor's style. Experimental results show that our method significantly improves the quality of headline editing comparing against previous methods.

scholarly journals “Best of both worlds”: A students-as-partners near-peer moderation program improves student engagement in a course Facebook group

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-181
Author(s):  
Mohammad Jay ◽  
Michelle Lim ◽  
Khalid Hossain ◽  
Tara White ◽  
Syed Reza Naqvi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
The Third ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Senior Students ◽  
Traditional Learning Environments

Social media platforms like Facebook are designed to facilitate online communication and networking, primarily around content posted by users. As such, these technologies are being considered as potential enhancements to traditional learning environments. However, various barriers to effective use may arise. Our research investigated the effectiveness of a students-as-partners near-peer moderation project, arising from collaboration between instructors and senior students, as a vehicle for enhancing student interaction in a Facebook group associated with a large introductory science course. The quantity and quality of sample posts and comments from Facebook groups from three successive academic years were evaluated using a rubric that considered characteristics such as civility, content accuracy, critical thinking and psychological support. Two of these groups were moderated by near-peer students while the third group was not moderated.  We found improved course discussion associated with moderated groups in addition to benefits to moderators and the faculty partner. This suggests that near-peer moderation programs working in collaboration with faculty may increase student engagement in social media platforms.

scholarly journals Malignant websites? Analyzing the quality of prostate cancer education web resources

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Kobes ◽  
Ilene B. Harris ◽  
Glenn Regehr ◽  
Ara Tekian ◽  
Paris-Ann Ingledew
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Cancer Education ◽  
School Level ◽  
Cancer Information ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Web Resources ◽  
Inaccurate Information ◽  
University Level

Introduction: Prostate cancer patients are using more web resources to inform themselves about their cancer. However, patients may receive out-of-date or inaccurate information due to lack of regulation. The current study looks to systematically analyze the quality of websites accessed by patients with prostate cancer.Methods: The term “prostate cancer” was searched in Google and the metasearch engines, Yippy and Dogpile, and the top 100 hits related to patient information were compiled from over 32 million hits. A standardized tool was used to examine 100 sites with respect to attribution, currency, usability, and content.Results: Of the top 100 websites relating to prostate cancer information, only 27% identified an author, of which 16% had their credentials displayed. The majority of websites disclosed ownership (97%). Over half of the websites did not include the date of the last update and of those that did, only 66% were current within two years. According to the Flesch Kincaid grade level tool for readability, the majority (87%) of sites were found to be at a high school level, while 6% were at university level. Finally, content varied among websites; 90% of sites provided information on detection and workup and treatments, but only 14% of sites included information on prognosis.Conclusions: The reliability of websites presenting prostate cancer information is questionable. There were noted deficiencies in attribution, currency, and readability. While information on detection and treatment is well-covered, information related to prognosis is lacking.

Assessing the Quality and Reliability of Patient Information Regarding First-Aid for Acute Burns on YouTube

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Parizh ◽  
Maleeh Effendi ◽  
Elizabeth Dale ◽  
Julia Slater
Keyword(s):  
Medical Training ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Burn Treatment ◽  
Burn Centers ◽  
Burn Care ◽  
Global Quality ◽  
Quality Scale ◽  
Scale Scores

Abstract Given ever increasing ease of access to technology, the majority of adults first turn to the internet for medical advice. The world wide web is filled with user-generated content within multiple social media platforms that lack a governing body to validate the information’s accuracy and reliability. The authors performed a qualitative review of first-aid burn resources available on YouTube using two validated scales: Modified Discern and Global Quality Scale. A search was conducted using the term “burn treatment” on September 18, 2019. Of 120 reviewed videos, 59 met their inclusion criteria. 36% (n = 21) of the speakers had formal medical training, with only 12% (n = 7) identified as burn care professionals. The mean views originating from nonmedical speakers (162,675) were more than eight times that originating from burn centers (14,975). The quality of the videos was compared by video source, speaker, and specialty. Burn centers had the highest Modified Discern and Global Quality Scale scores, 2.91 and 2.86, respectively (P < .05). Additionally, the authors were able to demonstrate that there was a statistically significant higher quality of videos when the speaker was a burn care professional or had formal medical training. Unfortunately, their review demonstrated that videos originating from hospital systems and burn centers made up a minority of the online media content. These results illustrate an opportunity for improvement by way of increased content creation to bolster the online presence of the burn community and provide patients with more accurate information.

Analyzing Social Media Research: A Data Quality and Research Reproducibility Perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 227797522110118
Author(s):  
Amit K. Srivastava ◽  
Rajhans Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Quality Of Data ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
National Crisis ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Quality Issues ◽  
The One ◽  
Media Data

Social media platforms have become very popular these days among individuals and organizations. On the one hand, organizations use social media as a potential tool to create awareness of their products among consumers, and on the other hand, social media data is useful to predict the national crisis, election polls, stock prediction, etc. However, nowadays, a debate is going on about the quality of data generated on social media platforms, whether it is relevant for prediction and generalization. The article discusses the relevance and quality of data obtained from social media in the context of research and development. Social media data quality issues may impact the generalizability and reproducibility of the results of the study. The paper explores possible reasons for quality issues in the data generated over social media platforms along with the suggestive measures to minimize them using the proposed social media data quality framework.

Facilitating patient communication through understanding their social media use: A comparison by age groups.

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (7_suppl) ◽  
pp. 71-71
Author(s):  
Shayan Kassirian ◽  
Lawson Eng ◽  
Chelsea Paulo ◽  
Ilana Geist ◽  
Alexander Magony ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Cancer Education ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Patient Communication ◽  
Care Plan ◽  
Cancer Information ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Social Media

71 Background: Social media and internet is increasingly used by patients for cancer education, which can affect provider-patient communication. Usage habits of the adolescent-young adult (AYA; aged < 40 years), adult (age 40- < 65 years), and geriatric cancer populations (age 65+ years) are likely different. Methods: Using age-specific sampling, cancer patients across all disease sites cross-sectionally were asked to complete a survey of demographics, health status, and social media/online resource use for cancer education. Clinical information was abstracted. Results: Of 429 approached, 320 participated (126 AYA, 128 adults, 66 elderly). Males comprised 44%; 72% had post-secondary education; 31% had household incomes of > $100,000. Elderly patients were most likely to refuse participation (33% of elderly approached vs 16% AYA; p < 0.001), with the most common reason being "I do not use internet resources/don't plan on using them"(96% of all elderly refusals with available data). Among respondents, the proportion who utilized the internet for cancer education was 76%, 76% and 70% in AYA, adults, and elderly, respectively (p > 0.5). The use of social media tools in respondents was 49%, 40%, and 36%, respectively (p = 0.16 across age groups). While 75% of patients felt they could judge the quality of cancer-related information on the internet (no differences by age group, p > 0.5), a significantly lower 43% (p < 0.001) felt similarly confident to judge the quality of social media; AYA patients (49%) were numerically more likely to feel confident than seniors (36%; p = 0.16). Elderly were less likely to want online health record access (p = 0.015), treatment option (p = 0.042) and side effect education (p < 0.001), future care plan (p < 0.001) and wellness programs compared to others (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Although cancer patients used social media frequently, confidence is lacking on the quality of cancer information obtained (across all age groups), while elderly perceive fewer benefits of using online/social media related to their cancer. Guidelines for patients on how to assess quality and appropriately use social media could help facilitate patient-provider communication.

scholarly journals Influence of Social Media on the Indian Population’s Perception of Orthodontic-Related Posts: A Mixed Method Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 030157422110262
Author(s):  
Tarulatha R Shyagali ◽  
Ayesha Rathore ◽  
Abhishek Gupta ◽  
Anil Tiwari ◽  
Shanya Kapoor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Method Analysis ◽  
Insight Into

Introduction: In little more than a decade, social media has gone from being an entertainment source to a fully integrated part of nearly every aspect of daily life. This study aimed to provide an insight into how orthodontics-related social media posts are looked upon by the Indian population. Material and Methods: Orthodontics-related social media posts were analyzed for the number of likes, shares, and comments. Comments were also scrutinized for determining whether they were appreciation comments or enquiries related to orthodontic treatment and procedure. Posts were collected from 3 platforms: Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. A mixed-methods approach was applied. First, all posts were structured according to a quantitative content analysis. Subsequently, qualitative analysis was performed to detect potential differences between the quality of response to posts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Using one-way ANOVA test, differences in the data were tabulated. A Chi- Square test was used to analyze the qualitative differences in the comments, which were scrutinized to check if they were appreciation comments or enquiries/doubts related to the posts. Results: There was a significant difference between the numbers of likes, shares, and comments. Appreciation comments were more in number than enquiries. Instagram had the maximum number of likes, followed by Facebook and Twitter ( P < .00001). Facebook had more shares in comparison to Twitter. Upon an analysis done on the number of comments, Facebook was found to have the highest number of comments, followed by Instagram and Twitter. All the results were significant, with P < .00001. Conclusion: It can be concluded that social media awareness related to orthodontics posts among Indians is gaining pace, and a lot can be achieved using these social media platforms to spread awareness related to orthodontic treatment.

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