6 research outputs found
[YouTube as an informational source for brachial plexus blocks: evaluation of content and educational value].
YouTube, the most popular video-sharing website, contains a significant number of medical videos including brachial plexus nerve blocks. Despite the widespread use of this platform as a medical information source, there is no regulation for the quality or content of the videos. The goals of this study are to evaluate the content of material on YouTube relevant to performance of brachial plexus nerve blocks and its quality as a visual digital information source
YouTube as an informational source for brachial plexus blocks: evaluation of content and educational value
Background and objectives: YouTube, the most popular video-sharing
website, contains a significant number of medical videos including
brachial plexus nerve blocks. Despite the widespread use of this
platform as a medical information source, there is no regulation for the
quality or content of the videos. The goals of this study are to
evaluate the content of material on You Tube relevant to performance of
brachial plexus nerve blocks and its quality as a visual digital
information source.
Methods: The YouTube search was performed using keywords associated with
brachial plexus nerve blocks and the final 86 videos out of 374 were
included in the watch list. The assessors scored the videos separately
according to the Questionnaires. Questionnaire-1 (Q1) was prepared
according to the ASRA guidelines/Miller's Anesthesia as a reference text
book, and Questionnaire-2 (Q2) was formulated using a modification of
the criteria in Evaluation of Video Media Guidelines.
Results: 72 ultrasound-guided and 14 nerve-stimulator guided block
videos were evaluated. In Q1, for ultrasound-guided videos, the least
scores were for Q1-5 (1.38) regarding the complications, and the
greatest scores were for Q1-13 (3.30) regarding the sono-anatomic image.
In videos with nerve stimulator, the lowest and the highest scores were
given for Q1-7 (1.64) regarding the equipment and Q1-12 (3.60) regarding
the explanation of muscle twitches respectively. In Q2, 65.3\% of
ultrasound-guided and 42.8\% of blocks with nerve-stimulator had worse
than satisfactory scores.
Conclusions: The majority of the videos examined for this study lack the
comprehensive approach necessary to safely guide someone seeking
information about brachial plexus nerve blocks. (C) 2018 Published by
Elsevier Editora Ltda. on behalf of Sociedade Brasileira de
Anestesiologia