Evaluation of the Quality and Reliability of YouTube Videos as a Source of Information on Portable HBOT in Home Health Care Services Quality and Reliability Analysis of YouTube Videos on Portable HBOT

IF 2.1 4区医学 Q3 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice Pub Date : 2026-03-19 DOI:10.1111/jep.70386

Betül Akalin, Mehmet Beşir Demirbaş

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Abstract

Objectives

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), which provides treatment of chronic wounds and damaged tissues by inhaling pure oxygen under high pressure, serves both in centres and as portable oxygen chambers. During HBOT treatment, it is possible for the patient to experience an accident caused by oxygen and pressure. In this context, especially the use of portable oxygen chambers is quite risky and requires a high level of technical knowledge. Today, YouTube is a platform that contains a lot of useful or useless information and is used by millions of people at the same time. The information contained in these contents uploaded on YouTube without any control or filtering can reach anyone with internet access. In this context, the aim of this study is to evaluate the characteristics, quality and reliability of the content uploaded on YouTube for portable oxygen chambers.

Methods

The study was cross-sectional and searches were performed on the YouTube platform with five keywords. The analysed videos were evaluated by two experienced researchers in terms of the accuracy of the information contained, the parameters of the video, upload date, duration, number of views, likes and comments. Video quality was assessed using the Global Quality Scale (GQS), reliability was assessed using the modified DISCERN (Mdıscern), information accuracy, information flow, quality and precision of the videos were assessed using the Video Information and Quality Index (VIQI) Scale, and transparency was assessed using the Journal of American Medical Association Benchmark criteria (JAMA).

Results

In this study, 45 portable Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) videos on the YouTube platform were evaluated for quality and reliability. Only 31% of the videos were classified as high quality, while the majority of the remaining videos were of medium (40%) and low (29%) quality. The mean scores of M-Discern and VIQI were 3.1 and 3.3, respectively, and 58% of the content had low reliability according to JAMA criteria. The quality and credibility levels of physician- and academic-generated videos were statistically significantly higher (p < 0.05) compared to content produced by independent users and marketers. A weak but significant relationship was found between GQS and number of views (r = 0.29, p = 0.04).

Conclusion

This study revealed that portable HBOT content on YouTube is largely inadequate in terms of information quality and reliability. It is of great importance that content on digital platforms on health-related topics is prepared by professionals and supported by scientific references.

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YouTube视频作为家庭卫生保健服务中便携式HBOT信息来源的质量与可靠性评价及YouTube视频用于便携式HBOT的质量与可靠性分析

目的：高压氧疗法（HBOT）通过在高压下吸入纯氧来治疗慢性伤口和受损组织，既可以在中心使用，也可以作为便携式氧气室使用。在HBOT治疗过程中，患者有可能因氧气和压力引起事故。在这种情况下，特别是使用便携式氧气舱是相当危险的，需要高水平的技术知识。今天，YouTube是一个包含大量有用或无用信息的平台，同时被数百万人使用。这些内容中所包含的信息在没有任何控制或过滤的情况下上传到YouTube上，任何人都可以访问互联网。在此背景下，本研究的目的是评估上传到YouTube上的便携式氧气舱内容的特征、质量和可靠性。方法：采用横断面研究，在YouTube平台上用5个关键词进行搜索。经过分析的视频由两位经验丰富的研究人员根据所包含信息的准确性、视频参数、上传日期、持续时间、观看次数、喜欢和评论进行评估。使用全球质量量表（GQS）评估视频质量，使用改进的DISCERN （Mdıscern）评估可靠性，使用视频信息和质量指数（VIQI）量表评估视频的信息准确性、信息流、质量和精度，使用美国医学协会基准标准杂志（JAMA）评估透明度。结果：本研究对YouTube平台上的45个便携式高压氧治疗（HBOT）视频进行了质量和可靠性评估。只有31%的视频被归类为高质量，而其余的大多数视频是中等（40%）和低（29%）质量。M-Discern和VIQI的平均得分分别为3.1和3.3，根据JAMA标准，58%的内容具有低信度。结论：本研究表明，YouTube上的便携式HBOT内容在信息质量和可靠性方面存在很大不足。数字平台上有关健康主题的内容必须由专业人员编写并得到科学参考文献的支持，这一点非常重要。

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Journal of evaluation in clinical practice 医学-卫生保健

CiteScore

4.80

自引率

4.20%

发文量

143

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice aims to promote the evaluation and development of clinical practice across medicine, nursing and the allied health professions. All aspects of health services research and public health policy analysis and debate are of interest to the Journal whether studied from a population-based or individual patient-centred perspective. Of particular interest to the Journal are submissions on all aspects of clinical effectiveness and efficiency including evidence-based medicine, clinical practice guidelines, clinical decision making, clinical services organisation, implementation and delivery, health economic evaluation, health process and outcome measurement and new or improved methods (conceptual and statistical) for systematic inquiry into clinical practice. Papers may take a classical quantitative or qualitative approach to investigation (or may utilise both techniques) or may take the form of learned essays, structured/systematic reviews and critiques.