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Healthcare information on YouTube: Pregnancy and COVID-19

Bahar Yuksel1, Kubra Cakmak1

  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Esenler Maternity and Children's Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics: the Official Organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
|May 30, 2020
PubMed

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Turkish YouTube videos on Coronavirus and pregnancy are popular but often lack quality and trustworthiness. This study analyzed content, finding high views but low scores for reliability and usefulness for pregnant individuals.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Public Health Communication

Background:

  • YouTube serves as a readily accessible platform for health information.
  • Pregnant individuals seek information regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) during their gestation period.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze Turkish-language YouTube videos concerning Coronavirus and pregnancy.
  • To assess the quality, trustworthiness, and target audience of these health-related videos.

Main Methods:

  • Searched YouTube using keywords like "Coronavirus, gebelik" and "COVID-19, hamilelik".
  • Analyzed video ranking, sources, and audience.
  • Categorized videos as informative, misleading, personal experience, or news updates.
  • Evaluated usefulness with DISCERN scores and content quality with MICI scores.

Main Results:

  • Seventy-six videos garnered over 1.4 million views.
  • Informative videos primarily sourced from physicians (73%) and news agencies (20%), targeting patients.
  • DISCERN scores indicated low trustworthiness across categories (informative: 2.9±1, personal experience: 1.6±0.9, news update: 1.9±0.9).
  • Mean MICI score for informative videos was low (5.3±2.8), indicating poor content quality.

Conclusions:

  • YouTube videos offer accessible COVID-19 information for pregnant women.
  • Despite high viewership, the quality and trustworthiness of pregnancy and COVID-19 videos on YouTube are generally low.
  • Further efforts are needed to ensure reliable health information dissemination on video platforms.
Abstract

Keywords:
COVID-19PandemicPregnancyYouTube

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