TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality and Reliability of YouTube Videos as a Source of Patient Information on Rhinoplasty.
AU - Oremule, Babatunde
AU - Patel, Alisha
AU - Orekoya, Oluwafikunayo
AU - Advani, Rajeev
AU - Bondin, Daniela
PY - 2019/1/3
Y1 - 2019/1/3
N2 - Patients contemplating undergoing rhinoplasty may use the internet to search for information. YouTube (http://www.YouTube.com) is the most widely used video platform on the internet and is increasingly used to disseminate health information by educational institutions, for-profit companies, and others. Individual users posting videos of their experience of health conditions or surgical procedures on video blogs, or vlogs, have become a popular and influential presence on the website. This study aims to objectively assess the quality and reliability of information on YouTube pertaining to rhinoplasty.
AB - Patients contemplating undergoing rhinoplasty may use the internet to search for information. YouTube (http://www.YouTube.com) is the most widely used video platform on the internet and is increasingly used to disseminate health information by educational institutions, for-profit companies, and others. Individual users posting videos of their experience of health conditions or surgical procedures on video blogs, or vlogs, have become a popular and influential presence on the website. This study aims to objectively assess the quality and reliability of information on YouTube pertaining to rhinoplasty.
UR - https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6440240
U2 - 10.1001/jamaoto.2018.3723
DO - 10.1001/jamaoto.2018.3723
M3 - Article
C2 - 30605207
SN - 2168-619X
VL - 145
SP - 282
EP - 283
JO - JAMA Otolaryngology. Head & Neck Surgery
JF - JAMA Otolaryngology. Head & Neck Surgery
IS - 3
ER -