Objective: To determine the quality and reliability of videos obtained by searching the keywords "constipation in children" on YouTube.
Methods: 73 videos obtained by searching the keywords "constipation in children" on YouTube, which were watched simultaneously by 2 independent pediatricians and rated with “Global Quality Scale” and “Quality Criteria For Consumer Health Information” scoring systems.
Results: When the mean scores of the viewers were evaluated, 54.8% of the videos were interpreted as poor, 13.7% as medium and 31.5% as good quality according to “Quality Criteria For Consumer Health Information” scoring, while 52.1% were interpreted as low, 19.2% as medium and 28.7% as high quality according to “Global Quality Scale” scoring. When video score ratings were compared with the duration, number of views and likes of the videos, no significant relationship was found between the views of the videos and “Quality Criteria For Consumer Health Information” and “Global Quality Scale” scoring of the first and second viewers (p:0.369, p:0.316, p:0.632, p:0.815 respectively). Similarly, no significant relationship was found between the number of likes and “Quality Criteria For Consumer Health Information” and “Global Quality Scale” scoring of the first and second viewers (p:0.367, p:0.407, p:0.645, p:0.931, respectively).
Conclusion: Most of the YouTube videos on childhood constipation are of very low quality and the high number of views and likes does not correlate with high quality.
Key words: pediatrics, constipation, YouTube, GQS, DISCERN
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