Does YouTube™ give us accurate information about bruxism?

Authors : Halenur BİLİR, Hilal YILANCI

Pages : 380-384

Doi:10.32322/jhsm.1229704

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Publication Date : 2023-03-27

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of the information provided by the most watched videos about bruxism on YouTube™. Material and Method: The results of YouTube™search were examined using the keyword “bruxism”. The searching limited to the first 130 videos. DISCERN and the video information and quality index insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(VIQI); and the criteria were used for evaluating the videos. Also, the interaction index and the viewing rate of the videos were calculated. The Kruskal-Wallis H Test, Pearson\`s Chi-Square Test, Spearman\`s rho correlation were used for statistical analyses. Significance level was taken as p<0.05. Results: Thirty-eight percentage of the videos were uploaded by dentist/specialist, 43% of them were uploaded by hospital, 4% of them were uploaded by commercial, 2% of them were uploaded by layperson, and 13% of them were uploaded by other. The average DISCERN score was 36.65 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(poor);. According to VIQI, 3 of the videos were found to be Scale 5, 15 of them were Scale 4, 35 of them were Scale 3, 39 of them were Scale 2, 8 of them were Scale 1. Conclusion: The bruxism videos on YouTube™, mainly prepared by health professionals, were found to be insufficient and poor.
Keywords : bruxism, internet, social media