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Public online information about tinnitus: A cross-sectional study of YouTube videos.
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- Approaches to Research Ethics in Health Research on YouTube: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
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- Establishing a Comprehensive Tinnitus Care Pathway-Part 1: Essential Components.Seminars in hearing · 2024Review
- Assessing universal considerations in infant mortality across the globe: A descriptive observational study of sudden infant death syndrome knowledge and reduction coverage on YouTube.Health promotion perspectives · 2024Article
- A content analysis of YouTube videos on tinnitus in South Korea.Scientific reports · 2023Review
- The portrayal of hearing loss information in online Mandarin videos.Journal of otology · 2023Article
- Comparing lengths and inclusion of information in storytelling videos: Implications for Hepatitis B education.PEC innovation · 2022Article
- Information and Communications Technology in Dentistry: an informative and educational approach for patients with fixed orthodontic appliances.Dental press journal of orthodontics · 2022Article
- Evaluation of Korean-Language COVID-19-Related Medical Information on YouTube: Cross-Sectional Infodemiology Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Adopting YouTube to Promote Health: Analysis of State Health Departments.The Permanente journal · 2019Article
- Quality evaluation of information about sudden sensorineural hearing loss on TikTok videos: Cross-sectional study.Digital healthArticle
- A cross-sectional study of the portrayal of childhood speech and language disorders in YouTube videos.Digital healthArticle
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeTo examine the information about tinnitus contained in different video sources on YouTube. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe 100 most widely viewed tinnitus videos were manually coded. Firstly, we identified the sources of upload: consumer, professional, television-based clip, and internet-based clip. Secondly, the videos were analyzed to ascertain what pertinent information they contained from a current National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders fact sheet.
resultsOf the videos, 42 were consumer-generated, 33 from media, and 25 from professionals. Collectively, the 100 videos were viewed almost 9 million times. The odds of mentioning "objective tinnitus" in professional videos were 9.58 times those from media sources [odds ratio (OR) = 9.58; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.94, 47.42; P = 0.01], whereas these odds in consumer videos were 51% of media-generated videos (OR = 0.51; 95% CI: 0.20, 1.29; P = 0.16). The odds that the purpose of a video was to sell a product or service were nearly the same for both consumer and professional videos. Consumer videos were found to be 4.33 times as likely to carry a theme about an individual's own experience with tinnitus (OR = 4.33; 95% CI: 1.62, 11.63; P = 0.004) as media videos.
conclusionsOf the top 100 viewed videos on tinnitus, most were uploaded by consumers, sharing individuals' experiences. Actions are needed to make scientific medical information more prominently available and accessible on YouTube and other social media.
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