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Quality of Allergic Rhinitis Content Across Social Media Platforms.

Emily Kwon1, Lucy Revercomb1, Alexandra Filipkowski1

  • 1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Newark New Jersey USA.

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Social media content on allergic rhinitis varies in quality. While Instagram and YouTube offer understandable information, accuracy and actionability remain concerns across platforms. YouTube Shorts features the most medical professional content and highest quality videos.

Keywords:
ANDIGQSPEMAT‐A/Vallergic rhinitishay feverseasonal allergiesshort‐form contentsocial media

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Area of Science:

  • Digital Health Communication
  • Social Media Analysis
  • Allergic Rhinitis Patient Education

Background:

  • Short-form video content is increasingly prevalent on social media platforms.
  • Understanding the quality and engagement of health-related content is crucial for public health.
  • Allergic rhinitis is a common condition where accessible information is vital for patient management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the quality, understandability, actionability, and accuracy of short-form social media content related to allergic rhinitis.
  • To compare content performance across different platforms including TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, and YouTube Shorts.
  • To identify characteristics of high-quality allergic rhinitis content on social media.

Main Methods:

  • A systematic search was conducted on TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, and YouTube Shorts using allergic rhinitis hashtags.
  • Videos were categorized by content type and author, and analyzed using the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool for Audiovisual Material (PEMAT-AV), Global Quality Scale (GQS), and Accuracy in Digital-health Information (ANDI) tool.
  • Content was independently assessed by two reviewers, with discrepancies resolved by a third reviewer.

Main Results:

  • A total of 460 videos were analyzed, with most being educational and created by medical professionals or lay individuals.
  • YouTube demonstrated the highest proportion of medical professional content and scored highest in PEMAT actionability, GQS, and ANDI scores.
  • Instagram and YouTube content met the understandability threshold, but no platform consistently provided adequately actionable or accurate information on average.

Conclusions:

  • While Instagram and YouTube show potential for understandable allergic rhinitis content, significant gaps exist in actionability and accuracy across all studied platforms.
  • Medical professionals authoring content are associated with significantly higher scores in quality, accuracy, understandability, and actionability.
  • YouTube Shorts emerges as a platform hosting a greater proportion of medical professional content and higher-quality allergic rhinitis information compared to others.