SynthesisEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2020
YouTube™ as an information source for larynx cancer: a systematic review of video content.
Synthesis in European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Quality of Cancer-Related Information on New Media (2014-2023): Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Quality and reliability of short videos about long COVID on bilibili and tiktok: cross-sectional study under health community construction background in China.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Article
- Evaluating the information quality and reliability of ovarian cancer educational content on TikTok and Bilibili: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Assessing the scientific quality of radiotherapy popularization videos on BiliBili and TikTok: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Article
- Article
- Article
- Users' experience with health-related content on YouTube: an exploratory study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Short video platforms as sources of health information about cervical cancer: A content and quality analysis.PloS one · 2024Article
- Radionuclide Therapy Videos on YouTube as An Educational Material: Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Quality, Usefulness, and Interaction Features.Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2023Article
- Video clips of the Mediterranean Diet on YouTubeAmerican journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2023Article
- Evaluating YouTube videos on sialendoscopy as an educational resource for patients.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2023Article
- Quality and accuracy of gastric cancer related videos in social media videos platforms.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Validity and Usefulness of YouTube Videos Related to Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery for Patient Information.Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2022Article
- Assessment of Videos on YouTubeTM about Nasopharyngeal Cancer in Terms of Accuracy, Reliability and Understandability.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2022Article
- Netiquette for social media engagement for oncology professionals.Future oncology (London, England) · 2022Review
- Quality of Information in YouTube Videos on Erectile Dysfunction.Sexual medicine · 2020Article
- The quality and reliability of short videos about premature ovarian failure on Bilibili and TikTok: Cross-sectional study.Digital healthArticle
- YouTube as a Source for Arabic-Speaking Parent Education on the Oral Hygiene of Children: A Social Media Content Analysis.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeThe increasing availability of Internet as a health-care source causes both positive and negative effects on public health. Though reaching to information about diseases is faster and easier, the contents are not always correct and might be misleading. In our study, we aim to investigate the quality of YouTube™ videos on larynx cancer.
methodsA YouTube™ search by using terms "throat cancer" and "larynx cancer" was done and, after eliminating the irrelevant videos, the first 200 videos were evaluated by three authors on quality, content and usefulness by using a pre-developed questionnaire. Videos were categorized according to the type and uploader separately to two (testimonial and educational) and five groups (health care, university, individual users, television channel/news and undetermined), respectively.
resultsVideos that are uploaded by university-affiliated accounts have significantly better audiovisual quality score and have significantly higher accuracy and usefulness score results. Furthermore, the accuracy and usefulness scores of the educational group were found to be statistically higher than those of the testimonial group.
conclusionsVideos uploaded by universities and videos that are created for educational purposes are superior to other sources in terms of quality, accuracy and content. Patient information videos discussing common health problems should be prepared and disseminated only by universities or health-care institutions.
Indexed as
Identifiers
32180014What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.