Evaluation of the Usefulness of Youtube Videos as Sources Related to Vitrectomy in Vitreous Hemorrhage

Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of YouTube videos about vitrectomy in vitreous hemorrhage surgery as a resource. Methods: The first 100 videos were evaluated when they were scanned by typing “vitreous hemorrhage vitrectomy” in the YouTube search engine. These videos were also analyzed and scored using DISCERN, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and Global Quality (GQ) scoring systems. Results: The mean DISCERN score of the evaluated videos was 37.2 ±6.5; mean JAMA score 1.9 ± 0.5; The mean GQ score was 2.0 ± 0.5.According to the results, vitrectomy in vitreous hemorrhage surgery videos, DISCERN score is weak; The JAMA score was evaluated as low quality and poor quality in the GQ score. Conclusion: Although there are enough videos on YouTube with vitrectomy in vitreous hemorrhage, its usefulness as a resource is low and its quality is poor.

Amaç: Vitreus hemorajisinde vitrektomi cerrahisiyle ilgili YouTube videolarının kaynak olarak yararlılığını değerlendirmek. Gereç ve Yöntem: YouTube arama motorunda ‘vitreous hemorrhage vitrectomy’ yazarak taratıldığında, ilk çıkan 100 video değerlendirildi. Bu videolar ayrıca, DISCERN, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) ve Global Quality (GQ) skorlama sistemleri ile analiz edilerek skorlandı. Bulgular: Değerlendirilen videoların ortalama DISCERN skoru 37.2±6.5; ortalama JAMA skoru 1.9±0.5; ortalama GQ skorlaması ise 2.0±0.5 idi. Sonuçlara göre vitreus hemorajisinde vitrektomi cerrahisi videoları, DISCERN skoru zayıf; JAMA skoru düşük kalite ve GQ skorlamasında ise zayıf kaliteye sahip olarak değerlendirildi. Sonuç: Vitreus hemorajisinde vitrektomi cerrahisi ile YouTube da yeterince video bulunmasına rağmen, kaynak olarak yararlılığı düşük ve kalitesi zayıftır.