YouTube videos on lymphedema as an information source for Spanish speaking breast cancer survivors.
Support Care Cancer
; 32(8): 540, 2024 Jul 24.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Breast cancer-related lymphedema in the upper limb remains one of the most distressful complications of breast cancer treatment. YouTube is considered a potential digital resource for population health and decision making. However, access to inadequate information or misinformation could have undesirable impacts. This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the reliability, quality and content of YouTube videos on lymphedema as an information source for Spanish-speaking breast cancer survivors.METHODS:
A search of YouTube was conducted in January 2023 using the key words "breast cancer lymphedema" and "lymphedema arm breast cancer." Reliability and quality of the videos were evaluated using the Discern tool, content, source of production, number of likes, comments, views, duration, Video Power Index, likes ratio, view ratio and age on the platform.RESULTS:
Amongst the 300 Spanish language videos identified on YouTube, 35 were selected for analysis based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Of the 35 selected videos, 82.9% (n = 29) were developed by healthcare or academic professionals and 17.1% (n = 9) by others. Reliability (p < 0.017) and quality (p < 0.03) were higher in the videos made by professionals. The Discern total score (r = 0.476; p = 0.004), reliability (r = 0.472; p = 0.004) and quality (r = 0.469; p = 0.004) were positively correlated with the duration of the videos.CONCLUSIONS:
Our findings provide a strong rationale for educating breast cancer survivors seeking lymphedema information to select videos made by healthcare or academic professionals. Standardised evaluation prior to video publication is needed to ensure that the end-users receive accurate and quality information from YouTube.Key words
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Video Recording
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Breast Neoplasms
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Social Media
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Cancer Survivors
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Support Care Cancer
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Support. care cancer
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Supportive care in cancer
Journal subject:
NEOPLASIAS
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Year:
2024
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Article
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