YouTube Hindi Videos Proved to be a Valid and Reliable Source of Health Information: A Case Study of COVID-19 Vaccine.

IF 0.9 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Indian Journal of Community Medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-23 DOI:10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_813_23
Nibha Sinha, Sonali Patle
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Abstract

Background: When the coronavirus vaccine was launched, many Hindi language videos on YouTube were uploaded and audiences were accessing these videos in good numbers. However, the scientific evaluation of these videos was never done. There is a need to understand the accuracy, validity, and quality of these videos so that they can further be utilized for other health awareness purposes. The study objective was to evaluate the validity, quality, and accuracy of the Hindi videos that were viewed the most on YouTube.

Material and methods: Two search terms, "COVID-19 Vaccine-Hindi" and "Corona vaccine Hindi," were used, and the most viewed 50 videos were selected. All the videos were manually coded and statistically evaluated. Two public health researchers evaluated all the videos blinded to each other using the DISCERN, GQS, and JAMA scales. The correlation score was calculated to know the agreement between them. Scores of professionals and news-based organizations were also compared.

Results: Out of all 50 videos, professionals uploaded 48% of videos, and news-based organizations uploaded 46% of videos. The DISCERN median was found to be 9.00 (5-10), the JAMA median score was 6.00 (3-8), and the DISCERN score was 40.50 (16-49). DISCERN, JAMA, and GQS scores were also calculated separately for both observers, and no statistically significant difference was found. Between both the observer's agreement was found with statistical significance.

Conclusion: YouTube was found to be an excellent source of information on the coronavirus vaccine in the Hindi language. Almost all 50 videos had wide viewership, so health professionals and news media organizations cannot ignore this popular platform to improve the health awareness of citizens in a developing country like India.

YouTube印地语视频被证明是有效可靠的健康信息来源:以COVID-19疫苗为例
背景:当冠状病毒疫苗推出时,YouTube上上传了许多印地语视频,观众大量观看这些视频。然而,对这些视频的科学评估从未完成。有必要了解这些视频的准确性、有效性和质量,以便进一步将其用于提高健康意识的其他目的。这项研究的目的是评估在YouTube上观看次数最多的印地语视频的有效性、质量和准确性。材料和方法:使用“COVID-19疫苗-印地语”和“冠状病毒疫苗印地语”两个搜索词,选出观看次数最多的50个视频。所有视频都经过人工编码和统计评估。两名公共卫生研究人员使用DISCERN、GQS和JAMA量表评估了所有彼此不知情的视频。通过计算相关评分来了解它们之间的一致性。专业人士和新闻机构的分数也进行了比较。结果:在所有50个视频中,专业人士上传了48%的视频,新闻机构上传了46%的视频。我们发现DISCERN中位数为9.00 (5-10),JAMA中位数为6.00(3-8),而DISCERN评分为40.50(16-49)。两名观察者的DISCERN、JAMA和GQS评分也分别计算,没有发现统计学上的显著差异。双方观察者的一致具有统计学意义。结论:我们发现YouTube是一个很好的印度语冠状病毒疫苗信息来源。几乎所有50个视频都有广泛的观众,因此卫生专业人员和新闻媒体组织不能忽视这个流行的平台,以提高像印度这样的发展中国家公民的健康意识。
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Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Indian Journal of Community Medicine PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-
CiteScore
1.30
自引率
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发文量
85
审稿时长
49 weeks
期刊介绍: The Indian Journal of Community Medicine (IJCM, ISSN 0970-0218), is the official organ & the only official journal of the Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IAPSM). It is a peer-reviewed journal which is published Quarterly. The journal publishes original research articles, focusing on family health care, epidemiology, biostatistics, public health administration, health care delivery, national health problems, medical anthropology and social medicine, invited annotations and comments, invited papers on recent advances, clinical and epidemiological diagnosis and management; editorial correspondence and book reviews.
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