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Citation
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Cheng Y, Que W, Zhang B, Chen M, Zhao Z, Li B, Qiu H. J. Public Health (Heidelberg) 2021; ePub(ePub): ePub. |
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Abstract
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Medication poisoning, also called drug poisoning, is a harmful effect on health caused by certain therapeutic drugs. Even as an increasing number of people are seeking information on YouTube, the quality of videos remains unknown. This study aimed to identify whether YouTube is an educational resource for medication poisoning.
Methods
Videos were systematically searched through YouTube on April 22, 2020. Video demographics such as views, duration, likes, and dislikes were extracted. Each video was assessed and scored by two independent pharmacists. A 5-point global quality scale, a 4-point accuracy scale, and six content-specific items were used to score the videos. Cohen's kappa coefficient and the intraclass correlation coefficient were calculated to determine the degree of agreement between the two raters. The videos were categorized as "slightly useful," "useful," and "very useful" by the total score. The videos were further categorized according to content styles and sources.
Results
There was no difference in the scores given by the two viewers. Only 12.71% of the videos were deemed very useful, and 93.33% of the very useful videos belonged to the educational style. Educational videos had a significantly longer duration and higher scores than the other content styles. A remarkable correlation was observed among the videos of the different styles or source categories regarding the usefulness.
Conclusions
YouTube is a promising educational source regarding medication poisoning. Given a minimal number of these videos were considered as very useful, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other health care organizations should be encouraged to upload more high-quality videos to meet the needs of the growing population of netizens.
Language: en |