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Mid-urethral slings on YouTube: quality information on the internet?

Mid-urethral slings on YouTube: quality information on the internet? Introduction and hypothesis Scant literature exists about the moderate (Fleiss’ kappa 0.58±0.24). Video content was clas- quality of urogynecological content on social media. Our ob- sified as physician educational material (67.9 %), patient in- jective was to measure the accuracy and comprehensiveness formation (16.1 %), advertisement (10.7 %), lawsuit recruit- of YouTube videos related to mid-urethral sling (MUS) ment (1.8 %), and unclear (3.6 %). MUS was the primary procedures. topic for 82.1 % of the videos. The remainder discussed other Methods YouTube was searched using the terms Bmid-ure- types of anti-incontinence procedures or prolapse surgery. thral sling,^ Bvaginal tape,^ BTVT,^ BTOT,^ BTVT surgery,^ None of the videos mentioned all four elements of informed and BTOT surgery.^ Duplicates and videos with less than 1, consent. Of 32 videos demonstrating surgical technique, none 000 views were excluded. We developed a standardized ques- showed the complete list of pre-determined surgical steps. The tionnaire for this project, assessing each video’stargetaudi- mean number of listed steps was 7.6/16. Only four videos ence, main purpose, relevance, informed consent elements, mentioned at least one post-operative patient instruction. A surgical steps, and bias. The primary outcome was the pres- marketing element was shown in 26.8 % http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Urogynecology Journal Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2015 by The International Urogynecological Association
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Gynecology; Urology
ISSN
0937-3462
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1433-3023
DOI
10.1007/s00192-015-2908-1
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26650225
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Abstract

Introduction and hypothesis Scant literature exists about the moderate (Fleiss’ kappa 0.58±0.24). Video content was clas- quality of urogynecological content on social media. Our ob- sified as physician educational material (67.9 %), patient in- jective was to measure the accuracy and comprehensiveness formation (16.1 %), advertisement (10.7 %), lawsuit recruit- of YouTube videos related to mid-urethral sling (MUS) ment (1.8 %), and unclear (3.6 %). MUS was the primary procedures. topic for 82.1 % of the videos. The remainder discussed other Methods YouTube was searched using the terms Bmid-ure- types of anti-incontinence procedures or prolapse surgery. thral sling,^ Bvaginal tape,^ BTVT,^ BTOT,^ BTVT surgery,^ None of the videos mentioned all four elements of informed and BTOT surgery.^ Duplicates and videos with less than 1, consent. Of 32 videos demonstrating surgical technique, none 000 views were excluded. We developed a standardized ques- showed the complete list of pre-determined surgical steps. The tionnaire for this project, assessing each video’stargetaudi- mean number of listed steps was 7.6/16. Only four videos ence, main purpose, relevance, informed consent elements, mentioned at least one post-operative patient instruction. A surgical steps, and bias. The primary outcome was the pres- marketing element was shown in 26.8 %

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International Urogynecology Journal – Springer Journals

Published: Dec 9, 2015

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