Does YouTube provide high quality information? Assessment of secukinumab videos

The Internet is a widely used source for obtaining health-related information. With the widespread use of the Internet, access to information has become easier. YouTube is one of the major sources for health-related videos globally. YouTube provides a wide range of health-related information, but there are doubts about its quality and reliability. Therefore, we aimed to assess the quality of the most viewed secukinumab videos on YouTube. This is a descriptive study. A total of 180 secukinumab videos returned by the YouTube search engine (http://www.youtube.com) in response to a keywords query were evaluated in the study. The Global Quality Scale (GQS) was used to assess educational quality, and three groups were created: high quality, intermediate quality, and low quality. Video parameters were compared among the quality groups. After applying the exclusion criteria, 53 videos were analyzed; 18 (34%) videos were in the high-quality group, 17 (32%) were in the intermediate-quality group, and 18 (34%) were in the low-quality group. No significant difference was detected in terms of the number of views, likes, dislikes, and comments per day between the groups (p>0.05). YouTube has a mixed structure of high, intermediate, and low-quality videos. The number of views, likes, dislikes, and comments per day should not be accepted as an indicator of quality for YouTube videos. In addition, patients should consider the importance of sources when obtaining online health-related information.