Assessment of the quality of oral biopsy procedure videos shared on YouTube

A Díaz-Rodríguez; J Limeres-Posse; R Albuquerque; V Brailo; R Cook; J C Fricain; G Lodi; L Monteiro; L Silva; B Carey; M Diniz-Freitas

doi:10.1111/odi.14690

Assessment of the quality of oral biopsy procedure videos shared on YouTube

Oral Dis. 2023 Jul 23. doi: 10.1111/odi.14690. Online ahead of print.

Authors

A Díaz-Rodríguez¹, J Limeres-Posse², R Albuquerque³, V Brailo⁴, R Cook³, J C Fricain⁵, G Lodi⁶, L Monteiro⁷, L Silva⁷, B Carey³, M Diniz-Freitas²

Affiliations

¹ Oral Medicine Unit, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
² Special Care Dentistry Unit, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
³ Guy's Hospital, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
⁴ Oral Medicine Department, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
⁵ Oral Surgery Department, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
⁶ Dipartimento di ScienzeBiomediche, Chirurgiche e odontoiatriche, UniversitàdegliStudi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
⁷ Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery Department, University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS), UNIPRO, CESPU, Gandra, Portugal.

PMID: 37485590
DOI: 10.1111/odi.14690

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the quality of free-to-access videos on oral biopsy procedures on the YouTube platform.

Materials and methods: We conducted a search on YouTube using the term "oral biopsy" and selected the first 100 videos in order of relevance. The following exclusion criteria were applied: language other than English, videos that did not cover oral biopsy techniques, videos on nonhuman specimens, postoperative instructions, personal experiences, exfoliative cytology, or "brush biopsy." Forty-seven selected videos were classified based on their duration, country of origin, date of upload to the system, author, information source and number of views, and likes and dislikes. Video quality was analyzed using DISCERN, the Global Quality Scale (GQS), and the Video Information and Quality Index (VIQI).

Results: The majority (78.7%) of analyzed videos were uploaded by dentists, originating from India (48.9%), with a mean duration of 11.8 min (SD, 20.4), with 104.5 likes (SD, 186.4) and 7.1 dislikes (SD, 10.55). The mean values for DISCERN, GQS, and VIQI were 1.3 (SD, 0.52), 2.1 (SD, 1.04), and 9.62 (SD, 1.69), respectively.

Conclusion: The majority of videos on oral biopsy published on YouTube are of low quality.

Keywords: YouTube; dental education; oral biopsy.

Grants and funding

European Union's Erasmus + Programme 'Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders: Training of Healthcare Professionals'; grant number 2020-1-UK01-KA202- 078917.