Assessment of educational YouTube videos on proximal humeral fracture treatment (YouTube videos on proximal humeral fractures)

Q2 Medicine

JSES International Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jseint.2025.04.006

Taewoong Chae BSc , Brandon S. Chai , Adrian L. Huang MBBChBAO, FRCSC

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Abstract

Background

Social media platforms have become principal sources of information for patients to gather information before clinic visits. YouTube is a popular platform for educational videos, and since proximal humeral fractures (PHFs) are a common orthopedic trauma injury, this study aimed to assess the characteristics of YouTube videos on PHF and PHF treatment.

Methods

The terms “Proximal Humeral Fracture” and “Proximal Humeral Fracture Treatment” were used to gather the videos included in this study. Terms were searched programmatically using YouTube's search Application Program Interface. Top 50 videos from each search term were recorded and combined for a total of 100 videos. Duplicate videos were removed, and the remaining videos were rank ordered by the frequency and order of appearance from the initial search. Any non-English videos or videos irrelevant to the topic were excluded. The first 50 rank-order videos were included. Data collected were categorized into general parameters (eg, number of views, video length), source parameters (eg publisher affiliation, number of subscribers), and video content (eg, topic discussed, media type). Data were analyzed by 4 themes of basic information, information for health-care professionals, treatment, and rehabilitation. Each theme was further categorized by relevant subthemes.

Results

Publisher affiliation of the PHF videos was most commonly commercial (56%). Health-care professionals or students were the more common target audience (62%) than patients (36%). The predominant media type used in the videos was lecture-style presentation (52%), followed by demonstration (32%), and interviews (18%). Sixty-two percent of the videos discussed basic information on PHF, such as epidemiology or mechanism of injury. Treatment and rehabilitation were the most popular themes, both discussed in 80% of the videos. Among the subthemes, imaging and operative were the most popular subthemes discussed, discussed in 50% and 58% of the videos, respectively.

Conclusion

As YouTube is one of the most popular platforms on the Internet, this study assessed the YouTube videos regarding PHFs and their treatment. This study found the PHF videos to cover diverse topics and to be relevant to both patients and health-care professionals. Hence, they can serve as a valuable resource for patients to supplement information they receive from their care provider. However, as YouTube is a largely unregulated platform, there is a need to advocate for content creation from credible sources such as health-care facilities or providers.

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关于肱骨近端骨折治疗的YouTube视频评估（肱骨近端骨折YouTube视频）

社交媒体平台已经成为患者就诊前收集信息的主要信息来源。YouTube是一个流行的教育视频平台，由于肱骨近端骨折（PHF）是一种常见的骨科创伤损伤，本研究旨在评估YouTube视频在肱骨近端骨折及其治疗方面的特点。方法使用术语“肱骨近端骨折”和“肱骨近端骨折治疗”来收集纳入本研究的视频。使用YouTube的搜索应用程序界面以编程方式搜索术语。每个搜索词的前50个视频被记录下来，并组合成100个视频。重复的视频被删除，剩余的视频按照频率和出现的顺序从初始搜索中排序。任何非英语视频或与主题无关的视频都被排除在外。包括前50个等级视频。收集到的数据分为一般参数（如观看次数、视频长度）、来源参数（如发布者隶属关系、订阅者数量）和视频内容（如讨论的主题、媒体类型）。数据按基本信息、卫生保健专业人员信息、治疗和康复4个主题进行分析。每个主题又按相关的子主题进一步分类。结果PHF视频的发布者合作关系以商业性为主（56%）。卫生保健专业人员或学生是比患者（36%）更常见的目标受众（62%）。视频中使用的主要媒体类型是讲座式演示（52%），其次是演示（32%）和访谈（18%）。62%的视频讨论了PHF的基本信息，如流行病学或损伤机制。治疗和康复是最受欢迎的主题，在80%的视频中都有讨论。在副主题中，影像学和手术是最受欢迎的副主题，分别在50%和58%的视频中被讨论。由于YouTube是互联网上最受欢迎的平台之一，本研究评估了YouTube上关于phf及其治疗的视频。这项研究发现，PHF视频涵盖了各种主题，与患者和保健专业人员都相关。因此，他们可以作为一个宝贵的资源，为患者补充信息，他们从他们的护理提供者。然而，由于YouTube在很大程度上是一个不受监管的平台，因此有必要倡导从可靠来源（如医疗机构或提供者）创建内容。

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