Does YouTube Offer High-Quality Information About Nasoalveolar Molding?

Objective: To assess the content and quality of YouTube videos concerning nasoalveolar molding (NAM).

Design: YouTube was searched for videos containing information relevant to NAM with the 2 keywords "nasoalveolar molding," and "presurgical infant orthopedics." A total of 24 out of 51 videos were found to be applicable to this study and rated for quality using the Global Quality Scale (GQS). To determine whether the contents of the selected 24 videos were useful or not, a content usefulness index consisting of 8 parameters was created. The videos were classified according to the usefulness index as low or high content videos. Spearman rank correlation analysis, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Shapiro-Wilk, and Mann-Whitney -tests were used for statistical analysis.

Results: The mean GQS score of the 24 YouTube videos on NAM was 2.3 ± 0.8, indicating overall poor quality. In terms of information, videos with high content (29.2%) were less in number than low content videos (70.8%). GQS values were found to be significantly higher in the high content group ( < .01). Regarding the source, video, and audio quality values were significantly higher in the expert group compared to the caregiver group ( < .01), whereas the usefulness index did not differ between groups ( > .05). A significant relationship was found between GQS and usefulness index, audio quality, and video quality ( < .001).

Conclusions: YouTube™ videos on NAM were generally inadequate in their content information and poor in quality. Expert videos, showing better audiovisual quality and flow compared to non-expert videos, did not offer higher quality information about NAM considering the usefulness index.