Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5899226 Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2015 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

•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.

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