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Background <p>YouTube™ (<a href="http://www.youtube.com">http://www.youtube.com</a>), the most widely used video website worldwide, is becoming a competitive platform for patients to gain health information and knowledge. This study aims to evaluate if YouTube™ is a useful source of information on home parenteral nutrition (HPN) for the public.</p> Methods <p>According to MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), the combinations of search terms related to parenteral (intravenous) and nutrition (feeding) were searched through YouTube™. In total 131 videos were evaluated, which were cataloged into three categories <i>Education</i>, <i>News &amp; Politics</i>, and <i>People &amp; Blogs.</i> Then a usefulness score was devised to assess video quality and to classify all videos into Slightly useful, Useful, and Very useful.</p> Results <p>The majority of videos included are under the <i>Education</i> category (<i>n</i> = 92, 70.23%). 6 videos were identified as Very useful, which were all under the <i>Education</i> category, 27 videos were identified as Useful, while the rest 98 videos were identified as Slightly useful. The number of likes, the number of views, views per day, and the duration of the Very useful videos are significantly higher than those of Slightly useful videos.</p> Conclusion <p>YouTube™ is a good source of information on home parenteral nutrition. In this study, videos categorized under <i>Education</i> were rated as the highest in usefulness. Due to the highly technical content of HPN, and the existence of a lot of low-credibility information on the internet, patients and professional staff are supposed to view other reliable videos in the field of healthcare information.</p>

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Is YouTube™ a useful source of information on home parenteral nutrition?

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    2025年2月19日

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  • Xiangfeng Wang,
  • Yao Sun,
  • Xiaoyu Qu,
  • Tianzi Lei,
  • Yanqing Song,
  • Jiayu Deng

摘要

Background

YouTube™ (http://www.youtube.com), the most widely used video website worldwide, is becoming a competitive platform for patients to gain health information and knowledge. This study aims to evaluate if YouTube™ is a useful source of information on home parenteral nutrition (HPN) for the public.

Methods

According to MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), the combinations of search terms related to parenteral (intravenous) and nutrition (feeding) were searched through YouTube™. In total 131 videos were evaluated, which were cataloged into three categories Education, News & Politics, and People & Blogs. Then a usefulness score was devised to assess video quality and to classify all videos into Slightly useful, Useful, and Very useful.

Results

The majority of videos included are under the Education category (n = 92, 70.23%). 6 videos were identified as Very useful, which were all under the Education category, 27 videos were identified as Useful, while the rest 98 videos were identified as Slightly useful. The number of likes, the number of views, views per day, and the duration of the Very useful videos are significantly higher than those of Slightly useful videos.

Conclusion

YouTube™ is a good source of information on home parenteral nutrition. In this study, videos categorized under Education were rated as the highest in usefulness. Due to the highly technical content of HPN, and the existence of a lot of low-credibility information on the internet, patients and professional staff are supposed to view other reliable videos in the field of healthcare information.