Affiliation:
1. KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Abstract
Aim:
The internet is a popular and continually utilized platform to gain medical knowledge for patients and health professionals. This research aimed to evaluate the accuracy and quality of videos for premature ventricular contraction (PVC) on YouTube.
Material and method: The keyword "premature ventricular contraction" was inputted into the YouTube search engine. The 60 most watched videos on YouTube were analyzed. Six of these were excluded from the study. A total of 54 patients were included in the study. General characteristics of the videos were recorded. Two specialist physicians reviewed all videos. GQS, DISCERN, and JAMA scoring systems were used to test the video quality and reliability. Video quality was divided into three groups according to the GQS score. Video characteristics were compared between quality groups.
Results: 37% of the videos posted were from doctors, and the most frequently seen content was related to general information about PVCs, accounting for 70.4%. There were 24 high-quality videos. The number of video comments (p=0.006), daily view rate (p=0.001), JAMA (p=
Publisher
Cagdas Tip Dergisi: Journal of Contemporary Medicine