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JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS-PART B
Volume 29, Issue 4, Pages 375-378Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0000000000000694
Keywords
clubfoot; congenital talipes equino varus; internet; Ponseti method; YouTube
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Idiopathic clubfoot is the most common congenital anomaly of the lower extremity. YouTube has emerged as an important source of health-related information for patients and families. Parents seek information about clubfoot on YouTube. However, the quality of these videos remains unknown. Therefore, we decided to evaluate the quality of YouTube videos about clubfoot. We searched YouTube for clubfoot videos using appropriate keywords. English language videos with more than 10 000 views were included. Three fellowship trained pediatric orthopedic surgeons independently assessed the videos and classified them into corporate, hospital, education and private. The quality of information was assessed using the Modified DISCERN and JAMA benchmark scores. The search yielded 12 060 videos of which 42 were analyzed. There were 9 (21%) videos from corporate organizations, 12 (29%) from hospitals, 3 (7%) from educational organizations and 18 (43%) by private individuals. The mean Modified DISCERN score was 2.1 +/- 1.07 (range 0.3-4) and mean JAMA benchmark score was 0.9 +/- 0.65 (range 0-2). Educational videos had highest mean Modified DISCERN score (3.1 +/- 0.85) and private videos, the least (1.43 +/- 1). This difference was statistically significant (P = 0.004). Hospital videos had highest mean JAMA benchmark score of 1.3 +/- 0.6 as compared with private videos which had the least mean score of 0.5 +/- 0.6. This difference was also statistically significant (P = 0.001). The results of our study indicate that the quality of information on idiopathic clubfoot on YouTube needs improvement. Videos from educational and hospital sources should be preferred over private sources.
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