Open AccessAn analysis of YouTube videos on oral hygiene practices during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic
Author(s) -
Esra Öz,
Zühal Kırzıoğlu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of global oral health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2643-4709
pISSN - 2643-4695
DOI - 10.25259/jgoh_2_2021
Subject(s) - hygiene , pandemic , upload , oral hygiene , content analysis , medicine , quality (philosophy) , covid-19 , oral health , icon , psychology , family medicine , disease , dentistry , infectious disease (medical specialty) , computer science , world wide web , social science , philosophy , epistemology , pathology , sociology , programming language
Objectives: The objectives of the study were to examine the usefulness and content of YouTube videos regarding additional oral hygiene practices that need to be taken during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Materials and Methods: A search of YouTube videos was performed using the terms “oral health,” “dental hygiene,” “oral health child” and “dental hygiene child” in combination with “COVID-19”. When analyzing each video, the descriptive characteristics such as title, country of origin, date of upload, duration of the video, the number of views, comments, likes, and dislikes were recorded. The quality of the videos were assessed through indices: Video ınformation and quality ındex (VIQI), modified DISCERN, and global quality score (GQS). The content quality score of the videos was examined. Results: The majority of the analyzed videos were uploaded by health-care professionals (67%). About 40% of the videos were slightly useful, and 6% were useful. There was no statistically significant correlation between the source of upload and GQS, VIQI, total content, or modified DISCERN scores ( P > 0.05). Highly-watched videos appeared to have a higher total content, VIQI, Modified DISCERN, and GQI scores than poorly-watched videos, but this difference was not statistically significant ( P > 0.05). Conclusion: YouTube videos related to oral hygiene practices during COVID-19 pandemic were a limited source for children. Oral health-care professionals and organizations should play an active important role for providing educative oral hygiene-related information on YouTube videos.