Is YouTube a Sufficient and Reliable Source to Inform Patients About Cardiac Rehabilitation?: A Cross-sectional Study.

Levent Karataş Ayça Utkan Karasu Ülkü Nesrin Demirsoy

Published in: Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention (2024)

Our findings suggest that CR-related videos on YouTube are characterized by low popularity, average content quality and understandability, but a lack of reliability and actionability. To ensure individuals seek accurate CR information on social media platforms, we recommend directing them to videos uploaded by medical centers.

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