Ivaan Pitua, Amelia Margaret Namiiro, Lorraine Apili, Raafidha Raizudheen, Michael Collins Segawa, Felix Bongomin
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Videos were categorized by creators (Doctors, Medical tutors, Patients, Others). Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U test, and Spearman correlation were used to assess video quality and its association with video parameters.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 50 videos, which generally exhibited high content quality with a median GQS of 4.00 (IQR = 0.50), good information quality with a JAMA median score of 3.00 (IQR = 0.75), and moderate reliability with mDISCERN median score of 3.40 (IQR = 1.00). Significant positive correlations were found between video duration and GQS (r = 0.592, p < 0.001), JAMA (r = 0.308, p = 0.031), and mDISCERN (r = 0.667, p < 0.001). High-quality videos had significantly longer durations, with a median of 12.97 min (IQR = 16.57) compared to low-to-medium-quality videos with 2.00 min (IQR = 5.57) (p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is a significant variability in the quality of videos on aspergillosis on YouTube. 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There is a need for critical evaluation of online information on this important fungal disease and the promotion of high-quality content to enhance public understanding and health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":19017,"journal":{"name":"Mycopathologia","volume":"190 4","pages":"57"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Aspergillosis on YouTube: Assessment of Quality and Reliability of Uploaded Videos.\",\"authors\":\"Ivaan Pitua, Amelia Margaret Namiiro, Lorraine Apili, Raafidha Raizudheen, Michael Collins Segawa, Felix Bongomin\",\"doi\":\"10.1007/s11046-025-00967-1\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Aspergillosis, a fungal disease caused by the genus Aspergillus, can lead to various clinical manifestations, especially in immunocompromised individuals. 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Aspergillosis on YouTube: Assessment of Quality and Reliability of Uploaded Videos.
Background: Aspergillosis, a fungal disease caused by the genus Aspergillus, can lead to various clinical manifestations, especially in immunocompromised individuals. YouTube serves as a major source of health information, but the quality and reliability of its content vary. We evaluated the quality, reliability, and educational value of uploaded YouTube videos on aspergillosis.
Methods: On August 20th, 2024, YouTube Videos on aspergillosis were selected based on the number of views and analyzed using the Global Quality Score (GQS), Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Benchmark Criteria, and the Modified DISCERN Questionnaire. Videos were categorized by creators (Doctors, Medical tutors, Patients, Others). Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U test, and Spearman correlation were used to assess video quality and its association with video parameters.
Results: We included 50 videos, which generally exhibited high content quality with a median GQS of 4.00 (IQR = 0.50), good information quality with a JAMA median score of 3.00 (IQR = 0.75), and moderate reliability with mDISCERN median score of 3.40 (IQR = 1.00). Significant positive correlations were found between video duration and GQS (r = 0.592, p < 0.001), JAMA (r = 0.308, p = 0.031), and mDISCERN (r = 0.667, p < 0.001). High-quality videos had significantly longer durations, with a median of 12.97 min (IQR = 16.57) compared to low-to-medium-quality videos with 2.00 min (IQR = 5.57) (p < 0.001).
Conclusion: There is a significant variability in the quality of videos on aspergillosis on YouTube. While longer videos tend to offer more reliable and comprehensive information, relying on popularity metrics alone may lead to misinformation. There is a need for critical evaluation of online information on this important fungal disease and the promotion of high-quality content to enhance public understanding and health outcomes.
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Mycopathologia is an official journal of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS). Mycopathologia was founded in 1938 with the mission to ‘diffuse the understanding of fungal diseases in man and animals among mycologists’. Many of the milestones discoveries in the field of medical mycology have been communicated through the pages of this journal. Mycopathologia covers a diverse, interdisciplinary range of topics that is unique in breadth and depth. The journal publishes peer-reviewed, original articles highlighting important developments concerning medically important fungi and fungal diseases. The journal highlights important developments in fungal systematics and taxonomy, laboratory diagnosis of fungal infections, antifungal drugs, clinical presentation and treatment, and epidemiology of fungal diseases globally. Timely opinion articles, mini-reviews, and other communications are usually invited at the discretion of the editorial board. Unique case reports highlighting unprecedented progress in the diagnosis and treatment of fungal infections, are published in every issue of the journal. MycopathologiaIMAGE is another regular feature for a brief clinical report of potential interest to a mixed audience of physicians and laboratory scientists. MycopathologiaGENOME is designed for the rapid publication of new genomes of human and animal pathogenic fungi using a checklist-based, standardized format.
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