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ReviewBMC public health2023

YouTube as a source of information on preventing the use of valproic acid in women during pregnancy.

Boyang Qu, Binbin Kang, Xingyang Chen, Yanrong Ao, Liping Wang, Weiwei Cui

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Review in BMC public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Boyang Qu *Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Jilin University, No. 126, Xiantai Street, Changchun, China.
Binbin Kang *Department of Neurology, the Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China.
Xingyang ChenDepartment of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Jilin University, No. 1163, Xinmin Street, Changchun, China.
Yanrong AoDepartment of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Jilin University, No. 1163, Xinmin Street, Changchun, China.
Liping WangDepartment of Neurology, Union Hospital, Jilin University, No. 126, Xiantai Street, Changchun, China. lp_wang@jlu.edu.cn.
Weiwei CuiDepartment of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Jilin University, No. 1163, Xinmin Street, Changchun, China. cuiweiwei@jlu.edu.cn.
Jilin University · CNThe Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine · CNUnion Hospital · CNUnion Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundYouTube™ ( http://www.youtube.com ), as a very popular video site worldwide, is increasingly being used as a platform to disseminate health information. The purposes of this review were to assess the overall usefulness of the information on the prevention of valproic acid use in women during pregnancy on YouTube™ for patients.

methodsThe YouTube™ website was systematically using 8 keywords. One hundred and fifty four videos meet the selection criteria. The researcher evaluated the video duration, days since upload, views and the likes. These videos are categorized as Education, News & Politics and People & Blogs. We designed a usefulness scoring scheme to assess videos quality and classified them as "slightly useful", "useful" and "very useful". The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to determine whether differences existed between total usefulness scores and categories and Pearson chi-square test for categorical variables.

resultsThe majority of videos were educational (62.8%). The "People & Blogs" and "News & Politics" videos scored significantly higher, but had no significant difference in days since upload, views, views/day or likes. More than half of the videos (91/154) were categorized as "useful". The mean posted days (p = 0.045) was significantly different in the useful group compared with the slightly useful group. There were no correlation between usefulness and the number of days since upload, duration, views, views/day, or likes.

conclusionYouTube™ is a promising source of information regarding the use of valproic acid during pregnancy. "News & Politics" videos are the most usefulness. Considering the presence of more slightly useful information, publishers need to improve more comprehensive video content that includes replacement medications, diagnoses and treatments. In the healthcare information space, consumers need to be directed to reliable video.

Indexed as

Social MediaEmotionsFemaleHumansInformation SourcesPregnancyValproic AcidVideo RecordingValproic AcidDepakeneDepakotePregnancyValproateValproic acidYouTube™

Identifiers

PMID37353789
PMCPMC10290355
OpenAlexW4381839689

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