ArticleArthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation2023
The Most Popular YouTube Videos About Shoulder Replacement Are of Poor Quality for Patient Education.
Article in Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation, 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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7 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Assessing the Reliability and Validity of Principles for Health-Related Information on Social Media (PRHISM) for Evaluating Breast Cancer Treatment Videos on YouTube: Instrument Validation Study.JMIR infodemiology · 2025Article
- YouTube Videos on Lateral Epicondylitis Often Lack High-Quality, Reliable Information.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Online resources for information on shoulder arthroplasty: an assessment of quality and readability.Clinics in shoulder and elbow · 2023Article
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Abstract
Purpose: To characterize the quality of YouTube total shoulder arthroplasty videos as a source of patient information using the DISCERN instrument. Methods: An analysis of the YouTube video library was performed, using a string of 6 search terms related to "total shoulder replacement" and "total shoulder arthroplasty" in the YouTube search engine. The first 20 videos from each search (n = 120) were selected. The top 25 most viewed videos were compiled, screened, and evaluated with the DISCERN score in the final analysis. Pearson's correlation coefficients were used to assess the correlation of DISCERN scores and video characteristics. Inter-rater reliability was calculated with the conger kappa score for multiple raters. Results: Twenty-five videos met inclusion criteria, 13 (52%) were produced by academic institutions, 7 (28%) by physicians, and 5 (20%) by commercial entities. Median total DISCERN score was 33 out of 80 (IQR: 28-44). The overall total DISCERN scores, showed no correlation with video likes or views and was negatively correlated with video power index ( Conclusions: The current most popular shoulder replacement videos on YouTube are low-quality patient education resources. Furthermore, our study found no correlation between video popularity, as measured by the number of views and the DISCERN score. Clinical Relevance: Successful outcomes following total shoulder arthroplasty may be influenced by the quality of information patients receive.
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