The usefulness of YouTube videos on lung cancer.

Hanieh MeteranSimon HøjTorben SigsgaardCaroline Skovsgaard DiersCeline RemvigHowraman Meteran

Published in: Journal of public health (Oxford, England) (2022)

This study shows that YouTube videos on lung cancer are popular and that around two-thirds of the videos are useful in terms of patient education. However, the misleading videos are currently attracting higher viewer interaction and might compose a future challenge in terms of the spread of misinformation as the algorithms will prioritize popular videos rather than videos with evidence-based information.

Keyphrases

healthcare
machine learning
case report
deep learning
current status
quality improvement