ArticleFrontiers in digital health2026
Short-form video exposure characteristics and respiratory symptom severity among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study.
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Background: Short-form video platforms have become a dominant health information source for COPD patients, yet the relationship between content characteristics of exposure and respiratory symptom severity remains unexplored. Given China's 1.02 billion short-form video users with daily viewing exceeding 150 min, understanding differential health impacts of various content types is critical, particularly for older adults vulnerable to algorithmic misinformation. Objective: This study investigated associations between multidimensional short-form video exposure characteristics-content type (health preservation, illness prevention, daily exercise), viewing duration, and user acceptance-and respiratory symptom severity measured by the BCSS among outpatients with COPD. Methods: A multi-center cross-sectional study enrolled 207 GOLD-confirmed COPD patients (mean age 63.0 ± 12.9 years; 55.1% male) from January to July 2025. Short-form video exposure was assessed using a validated self-designed questionnaire (Cronbach's Results: Mean BCSS was 7.86 ± 2.24, indicating moderate-to-severe symptom burden. Health preservation content exposure was independently associated with higher BCSS (B = 1.163, Conclusion: Content type-not duration alone-was significantly associated with respiratory symptom severity in COPD patients. Health preservation content (often non-evidence-based) was linked to worse symptoms, while daily exercise content showed protective associations. The non-linear acceptance-symptom relationship suggests that the association between content acceptance and symptom severity is complex and not simply monotonic; the underlying mechanisms merit further investigation. These findings support content-aware digital health literacy interventions and integration of social media exposure assessment into nursing-led COPD management.
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