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Assessing the Quality and Reliability of Patient Information Regarding First-Aid Burn Care on YouTube
David Parizh DO, Maleeh Effendi MD, Frank Yuan MD, Elizabeth Dale MD, Julia Slater MD
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
2020-01-30
Presenter: David Parizh DO
Affidavit:
David Parizh
Director Name: Dr. Schwentker
Author Category: Fellow Plastic Surgery
Presentation Category: Clinical
Abstract Category: General Reconstruction
Introduction
Social media has increasingly become the first point of reference for patients regarding medical information. This study assesses the quality and reliability of patient information available on YouTube regarding First-Aid for Burn Care.
Methods
Using Google Trends, "burn treatment" was identified as the most common term to likely be used to seek out information regarding first-aid treatment of burns. The top 120 videos were reviewed, excluding duplicates, non-English language videos, and videos unrelated to first-aid burn care. Videos were also rated for information reliability and quality using both the Modified DISCERN (MD) tool and the Global Quality Scale.
Results
Physician group constituted 20.6% of all speakers in the video, with NP/PA constituting 2.9%. The GQS mean was 2, with physicians scoring slightly higher at 2.3. The MD score mean was 2.0. Inter-rater reliability was assessed for both MD and GQS. For GQS the kappa value was 0.256 (p<0.05), and for MD kappa value was 0.328 (p<0.05).
Conclusions
Overall the burn care professionals constituted a minority of the speakers present. The physicians had lower number of views when compared to non experts, however burn care professionals scored higher on the MD and the GQS compared to non-experts. The overall quality of all videos was low across the board with a MD mean of 2. There is an opportunity to improve resources available to our patients from the burn care professional stand point to increase online presence.
