YouTube as a source of useful information on diabetes foot care

- Diabetes foot care related videos in YouTube were assessed for their usefulness.
- Two physicians independently ranked the usefulness of the videos.
- 11.2% videos were categorized as very useful and uploaded by professionals.
- 49.4% videos were categorized as not useful and were mostly advertisement.
- YouTube, despite its huge potential for health education, is not a good source of useful information on diabetic foot care.

Diabetes foot care related videos were identified in YouTube to assess their usefulness as a source of information. Two physician reviewers evaluated the videos and categorized those as very-useful (11.2%), moderately-useful (14.6%), somewhat-useful (24.7%) and not-useful (49.4%). YouTube videos on diabetes foot-care contained a variety of content ranging from very useful to not useful.