Evaluation of YouTube videos for patients' education on periradicular surgery

Ahmed Jamleh; Mohannad Nassar; Hamad Alissa; Abdulmohsen Alfadley

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0261309

Evaluation of YouTube videos for patients' education on periradicular surgery

PLoS One. 2021 Dec 10;16(12):e0261309. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261309. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Ahmed Jamleh^{1

2}, Mohannad Nassar³, Hamad Alissa^{1

2}, Abdulmohsen Alfadley^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Restorative and Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
² King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the content of periradicular surgery-related YouTube videos available for patients' education. YouTube search was made for videos related to periradicular surgery using specific terms. After exclusions, 42 videos were selected, viewed and assessed by two independent observers. The videos were assessed in terms of duration, days since upload, country of upload, number of views, likes and dislikes, authorship source, viewing rate and interaction index. To grade the content of videos about periradicular surgery, a usefulness score was created with 10 elements based mainly on the American Association of Endodontists guidelines. Each element was given a score of 0 or 1. SPSS software (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA) was used to analyze data at a 95% confidence level. An inter-evaluator reliability analysis for the scoring system was performed using the Kappa statistic. The videos received an average of 35103.9 views (range: 9-652378) with an average duration of 338.71 seconds (range: 42-2081), respectively. Most videos were provided by individuals (57%). Half of the videos were posted by authors from the United States. The inter-evaluator reliability for usefulness scoring was 94.5%. No video covered the 10 scoring elements completely, presenting very low usefulness scores (mean: 3.2; range: 1-7). The most discussed elements were supporting media (100%) and steps of the procedure (90.5%) followed by indications and contraindications (45.2%) and symptoms (31%). None of the included videos discussed the procedure's cost or prognosis. In terms of usefulness score, no significant difference was detected between different sources of upload (chi-square test, P > 0.05). Information on periradicular surgery in YouTube videos is not comprehensive and patients should not rely on YouTube as the only source of information. Dental professionals should enrich the content of YouTube with good quality videos by providing full and evidence-based information that will positively affect patients' attitudes and satisfaction.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Dental Care / standards*
Humans
Information Dissemination / methods*
Patient Education as Topic*
Periapical Diseases / surgery*
Social Media*
Video Recording*

Grants and funding

AJ received a research grant (NRC21/012/01/R) from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.