An analysis of YouTube videos as educational resources for dental practitioners to prevent the spread of COVID-19
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2020
Yazarlar: Meltem ÖZDEN YÜCE, Emine Adalı, Burcu Kanmaz
Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -), SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Wos, 2020, cilt 190, ss 19-26
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-020-02312-5
Özet
<p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(19, 20, 19);"><span class="s1" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;">Background </span>Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported on 31 December 2019 and has rapidly been spreading day by</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(19, 20, 19);">day. Dental patients and professionals have a high risk of the coronavirus infection and also have a huge responsibility to prevent</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(19, 20, 19);">its spread during emergency dental treatment over the period of the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(19, 20, 19);"><span class="s1" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;">Aim </span>Informing patients and dental practitioners about the novel coronavirus in an accurate and effective way is very important.</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(19, 20, 19);">Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the quality of dentistry-related medical information about COVID-19 on YouTube as</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(19, 20, 19);">educational resources for dental practitioners.</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(19, 20, 19);"><span class="s1" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;">Methods </span>YouTube was queried for the search phrases <span class="s1" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;">‘</span>COVID-19 and dental practice<span class="s1" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;">’</span>, <span class="s1" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;">‘</span>SARS-Cov-2 and dental practice<span class="s1" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;">’ </span>and</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(19, 20, 19);"><span class="s1" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;">‘</span>2019-COV-2 and dental practice<span class="s1" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;">’</span>. The first 100 videos for each term were viewed and analysed by 3 independent investigators.</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(19, 20, 19);">The scope was limited to videos in English.</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(19, 20, 19);"><span class="s1" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;">Results </span>The search phrases yielded 1102 videos, among which 802 videos were excluded and 300 videos screened. Fifty-five</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(19, 20, 19);">videos were included in the final analysis. Of the 55 videos, only 2 videos (3.6%) were found to be of good quality, while 24</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(19, 20, 19);">videos (43.6%) were found to be of poor quality.</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(19, 20, 19);"><span class="s1" style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;">Conclusion </span>YouTube is a popular video broadcast site and can provide both relevant educational information and the spreading</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(19, 20, 19);">of misinformation. Health professionals should play a more active role with regard to educative information given on social</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(19, 20, 19);">media, especially YouTube, during global disease outbreaks.</p>