The videos on YouTube® related to hallux valgus surgery have insufficient information

Metin Uzun; Tunca Cingoz; Mehmet Emin Duran; Ali Varol; Haluk Celik

doi:10.1016/j.fas.2021.05.009

The videos on YouTube® related to hallux valgus surgery have insufficient information

Foot Ankle Surg. 2022 Jun;28(4):414-417. doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2021.05.009. Epub 2021 May 18.

Authors

Metin Uzun¹, Tunca Cingoz¹, Mehmet Emin Duran¹, Ali Varol², Haluk Celik³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedics, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Istanbul, Turkey.
² Department of Orthopaedics, Basaksehir City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
³ Department of Orthopaedics, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: drhalukcelik@gmail.com.

PMID: 34034976
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2021.05.009

Abstract

Background: Previous studies have determined the videos on YouTube® have misleading information in medicine, however the assessment of the information for hallux valgus surgery is lacking.

Methods: YouTube® was analyzed using two keywords as 'hallux valgus surgery' and 'bunion surgery'. Once redundancies were eliminated, each video was evaluated for the characteristic as following: duration, number of views, likes and dislikes, days since upload, view and like ratios and video power index (VPI). The quality of the information was evaluated using DISCERN, JAMA and hallux valgus score (HVS).

Results: A total of 49 videos included. Fair or poor results for DISCERN and HVS (90% and 69% of videos, respectively) were found. No difference was found between video source and quality scores. Number of likes and VPI negatively correlated with all scores (p < 0.001).

Conclusions: YouTube® had poor quality of information for hallux valgus surgery.

Keywords: Hallux valgus surgery; Information; Internet; YouTube.

MeSH terms

Bunion*
Hallux Valgus* / surgery
Humans
Information Dissemination / methods
Reproducibility of Results
Social Media*
Video Recording