Information about COVID-19 for deaf people: an analysis of Youtube videos in Brazilian sign language

Rev Bras Enferm. 2021 Jan 29;74Suppl 1(Suppl 1):e20200291. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0291. eCollection 2021.
[Article in English, Portuguese]

Abstract

Objective: to analyze YouTube videos with information about COVID-19 in Brazilian sign language.

Methods: a cross-sectional study conducted with 402 videos from the YouTube sharing platform. Chi-square, Fisher's exact, Mann-Whitney and Spearman's correlation tests were used.

Results: the videos mainly covered COVID-19 prevention (20.6%). There was a positive correlation between video length and number of views (p<0.001). The length of more than 20 minutes was associated with narration only in BSL (p=0.37) and in BSL with audio (p<0.001), while videos with less than 20 minutes were associated with simultaneous narration in BSL, audio and subtitles. Those with narration only in BSL had a similar number of views to those narrated with subtitles and/or audio (p=0.998).

Conclusion: the videos were mostly short and included COVID-19 prevention. The longer the video, the greater the number of views. Regardless the presentation of narrations, the videos had a similar number of views.

MeSH terms

  • Brazil
  • COVID-19 / diagnosis*
  • COVID-19 / physiopathology*
  • COVID-19 / therapy*
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Humans
  • Information Dissemination / methods*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Sign Language*
  • Social Media / statistics & numerical data*
  • Video Recording / statistics & numerical data*