The usefulness of YouTube videos on lung cancer
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The usefulness of YouTube videos on lung cancer. / Meteran, Hanieh; Høj, Simon; Sigsgaard, Torben; Diers, Caroline Skovsgaard; Remvig, Celine; Meteran, Howraman.
In: Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom), Vol. 45, No. 2, 2023, p. E339-E345.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The usefulness of YouTube videos on lung cancer
AU - Meteran, Hanieh
AU - Høj, Simon
AU - Sigsgaard, Torben
AU - Diers, Caroline Skovsgaard
AU - Remvig, Celine
AU - Meteran, Howraman
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Background: The use of social media as a source of health information is increasing, and the usefulness of the content may vary depending on the specific disease. Thus, this study was designed to assess the content, viewer engagement and usefulness of the most viewed YouTube videos on lung cancer. Methods: 167 videos were reviewed, and 143 met the eligibility criteria. Two authors evaluated the videos separately, and data on views, likes, dislikes and comments were extracted, and data on the source of uploader, duration and content quality were recorded. Aim: To assess the content, viewer engagement and usefulness of the most viewed YouTube videos on lung cancer. - > Results: 89 videos (62%) were classified as useful, 8 (6%) as misleading and 46 (32%) as neither. The misleading videos were significantly more popular in terms of views and likes compared with the useful videos: 845 643 versus 81 700, P = 0.003 and 12 170 versus 415, P < 0.001, respectively. Conclusions: This study shows that YouTube videos on lung cancer are popular and that around two-thirds of the videos are useful in terms of patient education. However, the misleading videos are currently attracting higher viewer interaction and might compose a future challenge in terms of the spread of misinformation as the algorithms will prioritize popular videos rather than videos with evidence-based information.
AB - Background: The use of social media as a source of health information is increasing, and the usefulness of the content may vary depending on the specific disease. Thus, this study was designed to assess the content, viewer engagement and usefulness of the most viewed YouTube videos on lung cancer. Methods: 167 videos were reviewed, and 143 met the eligibility criteria. Two authors evaluated the videos separately, and data on views, likes, dislikes and comments were extracted, and data on the source of uploader, duration and content quality were recorded. Aim: To assess the content, viewer engagement and usefulness of the most viewed YouTube videos on lung cancer. - > Results: 89 videos (62%) were classified as useful, 8 (6%) as misleading and 46 (32%) as neither. The misleading videos were significantly more popular in terms of views and likes compared with the useful videos: 845 643 versus 81 700, P = 0.003 and 12 170 versus 415, P < 0.001, respectively. Conclusions: This study shows that YouTube videos on lung cancer are popular and that around two-thirds of the videos are useful in terms of patient education. However, the misleading videos are currently attracting higher viewer interaction and might compose a future challenge in terms of the spread of misinformation as the algorithms will prioritize popular videos rather than videos with evidence-based information.
KW - Lung cancer
KW - misinformation
KW - patient education
KW - social media
KW - YouTube
U2 - 10.1093/pubmed/fdac092
DO - 10.1093/pubmed/fdac092
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36102044
AN - SCOPUS:85163914263
VL - 45
SP - E339-E345
JO - Journal of Public Health
JF - Journal of Public Health
SN - 1741-3842
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 370116751