Evaluating the quality of Spanish-language information for patients with type 2 diabetes on YouTube and Facebook.

IF 2.2 3区医学 Q2 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES Health Informatics Journal Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1177/14604582251315592

María Juliana Soto-Chávez, Candida Díaz-Brochero, Ana María Gómez-Medina, Diana Cristina Henao, Oscar Mauricio Muñoz

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Introduction: Spanish speakers rely on social media for health information, with varying quality of its content. This study evaluates the reliability, completeness, and quality of type 2 diabetes (T2D) information available in Spanish-language videos on YouTube and Facebook. Methods: Analytical observational study that included Spanish-language videos on TD2 available on Facebook and YouTube. General characteristics, interaction and generating sources are described. Standardized tools were used to assess reliability, completeness and overall quality. Results: We included 172 videos, 90 from Youtube® and 82 from Facebook®. The median number of views was 1725 (IQR 213-10,000), with an average duration of 5.93 minutes (IQR 3.2-16.8) and an internet time of 834 days (IQR 407-1477). Most videos were uploaded by independent users (58.72%). Reliability (evaluated with DISCERN tool) had a median of 3 (IQR 2-3), completeness (content score) had a median of 2 (IQR 1-3), and overall quality, evaluated with the Global Quality Score (GQS) tool had a median of 3 (IQR 3-4). Using a global classification of "subjective reliability" 92.4% of the videos were considered reliable. Better completeness was observed in Facebook videos (p < .001). Reliability was better for videos from government or news organizations. Conclusion: Our results suggest that videos about T2D in Spanish on social media such as YouTube and Facebook have good reliability and quality, with greater exhaustiveness in content in Facebook videos and greater reliability for videos from government or news organizations.

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评估YouTube和Facebook上针对2型糖尿病患者的西班牙语信息的质量。

西班牙语使用者依赖社交媒体获取健康信息，其内容质量参差不齐。本研究评估了YouTube和Facebook上西班牙语视频中2型糖尿病（T2D）信息的可靠性、完整性和质量。方法：分析性观察研究，包括在Facebook和YouTube上提供的TD2上的西班牙语视频。描述了其一般特性、相互作用和产生源。标准化工具用于评估可靠性、完整性和整体质量。结果：我们纳入了172个视频，90个来自Youtube®，82个来自Facebook®。平均浏览量为1725 (IQR 213-10,000)，平均持续时间为5.93分钟（IQR 3.2-16.8），上网时间为834天（IQR 407-1477）。大多数视频是由独立用户上传的（58.72%）。可靠性（用DISCERN工具评估）的中位数为3 (IQR 2-3)，完整性（内容评分）的中位数为2 (IQR 1-3)，总体质量（用全球质量评分（GQS）工具评估）的中位数为3 （IQR 3-4）。使用“主观可靠性”的全球分类，92.4%的视频被认为是可靠的。在Facebook视频中观察到更好的完整性（p < 0.001）。来自政府或新闻机构的视频可靠性更高。结论：我们的研究结果表明，YouTube和Facebook等社交媒体上的西班牙语T2D视频具有良好的可靠性和质量，Facebook视频的内容更详尽，来自政府或新闻机构的视频更可靠。

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Health Informatics Journal HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES-MEDICAL INFORMATICS

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7.80

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6 months

期刊介绍： Health Informatics Journal is an international peer-reviewed journal. All papers submitted to Health Informatics Journal are subject to peer review by members of a carefully appointed editorial board. The journal operates a conventional single-blind reviewing policy in which the reviewer’s name is always concealed from the submitting author.