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

BMC Public Health · 6 authors, 3 centres

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Videos categorized as News & Politics scored significantly higher for usefulness than Educational videos.

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The majority (62.8%) were educational. More than half (59.1%) of videos were deemed useful, but only 6.5% were very useful. The study found no significant correlation between usefulness and metrics like duration, views, or likes, though the number of posted days was significantly higher in the useful group compared to the slightly useful group. Limitations include the dynamic nature of YouTube search results and ranking criteria. The implications suggest YouTube is a promising but inconsistent information source, with a need for more comprehensive video content on alternative medications and treatments.

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PMC10290355

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

BMC Public Health

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Background YouTube™ ( 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. Methods The 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. Results The 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. Conclusion YouTube™ 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.

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Boyang Qu, Binbin Kang, Xingyang Chen et al.. YouTube as a source of information on preventing the use of valproic acid in women during pregnancy. BMC Public Health. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16036-5

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

1grid.64924.3d0000 0004 1760 5735Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Jilin University, No. 126, Xiantai Street, Changchun, China
2grid.64924.3d0000 0004 1760 5735Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Jilin University, No. 1163, Xinmin Street, Changchun, China
3grid.476918.50000 0004 1757 6495Department of Neurology, the Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China