Affiliation:
1. Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine Midwestern University 555 31st St Downers Grove Illinois 60515 USA
2. Mayo Clinic Florida 4500 San Pablo Ave Jacksonville Florida 32207 USA
3. Nemours Children's Health 807 Children's Way Jacksonville Florida 32207 USA
Abstract
AbstractObjectiveThis study sought to understand the amount of misinformation surrounding epilepsy on the social media platform, TikTok.MethodsVideos from TikTok were searched using keyword “epilepsy.” In all, 109 videos were categorized as personal experience videos, event videos, or educational videos. Misinformation surrounding each video was analyzed by two independent reviewers. The number of videos and views of each were tracked.ResultsEvent videos garnered the most attention (80% of total views). Of the event videos, 26/47 contained misinformation in the form of calling a nonepileptic event an epileptic seizure (55%). Videos of nonepileptic events labeled as epileptic seizures amassed 109 956 400 views.SignificanceThis novel study quantifies the amount of misinformation regarding epilepsy on the social media platform, TikTok. The results showcase that misinformation is very prevalent on the application. Most of the misinformation consists of the mislabeling of nonepileptic events as epileptic seizures. Physicians should be aware of cardinal features of nonepileptic events to better treat patients. The medical community must understand the type of misinformation people are exposed to in order to educate patients appropriately.
Subject
Neurology (clinical),Neurology,General Medicine
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