CONTENT ANALYSIS OF YOUTUBE VIDEOS RELATED TO MAXILLARY CENTRAL INCISOR TOOTH MANIPULATION

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Today video sharing platforms on Internet like Youtube has become an important source of information in many areas like health. purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the suitability, usefulness, and quality of Youtube video contents related to 'Maxillary Central Incisive Tooth Manipulation’ used by dentistry students for first-year preclinical education. MATERIAL and METHODS: A scoring system consisting of 10 parameters was used to asses the video content quality. The viewership, likes, comments, reliability of information, global quality scores(GQS), and video duration were recorded for evaluation with parameters by two dentists according to the uploader (dentist, dentistry student, dental technician) and the information content (high, medium, poor quality). Group comparisons were analysed using the Kruskal Wallis H and post-hoc Tamhane’s T2 test. RESULTS: 20 relevant videos were classified as 55% high(GQS 4.7±0.6), 35% medium(GQS 3.3±1.6), and 10% considered poor quality(GQS 1.0±0). Evaluated according to their quality, no significant difference was found between the parameters except GQS(p=0.013). The videos are as follows, in order of their sources: dentists(n=6,30%), dentistry students(n=11,55%) and dental technicians(n=3,15%). CONCLUSION: The fact that there was no difference in the viewing and popularity of useful and misleading videos revealed that the high quality video could not be chosen by the video viewers. In this study, it was concluded that dentistry students should pay particular attention to the video provider while providing video access to support their preclinical education. Health academics and health institutions need to increase studies on 'pre-clinical practice courses' and try to raise awareness by uploading more useful and systematic videos to the internet/YouTube.