Journal article
Analysis of YouTube as a Source of Information for Diabetic Foot Care
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, v 109(2), 122
01 Mar 2019
PMID: 31135201
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Abstract
Background: Increasing amounts of diabetes-focused content is being posted to YouTube with little regulation as to the quality of the content. Diabetic education has been shown to reduce the risk of ulceration and amputation. YouTube is a frequently visited site for instructional and demonstrational videos posted by individuals, advertisers, companies, and health-care organizations. We sought to evaluate the usefulness of diabetic foot care video information on YouTube.
Methods: YouTube was queried using the keyword phrase diabetic foot care. Original videos in English, with audio, less than 10 min long within the first 100 video results were evaluated. Two reviewers classified each video as useful or nonuseful/misleading. A 14-point usefulness criteria checklist was used to further categorize videos as most useful, somewhat useful, or nonuseful/misleading. Video sources were categorized by user type, and additional video metrics were collected.
Results: Of 87 included videos, 56 (64.4%), were classified as useful and 31 (35.6%) as nonuseful/misleading. A significant difference in the mean length of useful videos vs nonuseful/misleading videos was observed (3.33 versus 1.73 min; P < .0001). There was no significant difference in terms of popularity metrics (likes, views, subscriptions, etc) between useful and nonuseful/misleading videos.
Conclusions: This study demonstrates that although most diabetic foot care videos on YouTube are useful, many are still nonuseful/misleading. More concerning is the lack of difference in popularity between useful and nonuseful videos. Podiatric physicians should alert patients to possibly misleading information and offer a curated list of videos.
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- Title
- Analysis of YouTube as a Source of Information for Diabetic Foot Care
- Creators
- Peter E. Smith - General Leonard Wood Army Community HospitalJames McGuire - Temple Univ, Sch Podiatr Med, Dept Podiatry, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USAMichael Falci - Reading HospitalDilli Ram Poudel - Reading HospitalRichard Kaufman - Hahnemann University HospitalMary Ann Patterson - Reading HospitalBenjamin Pelleschi - Reading HospitalEsther Shin - Mercy Health System
- Publication Details
- JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, v 109(2), 122
- Publisher
- AMER PODIATRIC MED ASSOC; BETHESDA
- Number of pages
- 4
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000469209500005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85066927327
- Other Identifier
- 991021860815304721
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- Orthopedics