Consulting <scp>D</scp>r. <scp>G</scp>oogle: Quality of Online Resources About Tympanostomy Tube Placement

Harris, Vandra C.; Links, Anne R.; Hong, Paul; Walsh, Jonathan; Schoo, Desi P.; Tunkel, David E.; Stewart, C. Matthew; Boss, Emily F.

doi:10.1002/lary.26824

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“…Prior studies across multiple specialties have evaluated both POEMs and A/V education materials and have found that patient education materials online are often incorrect and/or incomprehensible . The PEMAT specifically has been used most frequently to evaluate and study educational materials in internal medicine literature.…”

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Understandability and actionability of audiovisual patient education materials on sinusitis

Rubel

Alwani

Nwosu

et al. 2020

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol

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Background: Acute and chronic rhinosinusitis are debilitating diseases that affect from 5% to 16% of the population. YouTube is the second most commonly used search engine and is o en utilized by patients to garner health information regarding various disease processes and their respective management options. An evaluation of these information resources for quality and reliability is warranted, especially in an era in which patients are increasingly turning to audiovisual (A/V) media to educate themselves regarding their ailments. Methods:The YouTube video database was searched using the term "sinusitis" from its inception through to November 2018. The first 50 videos populated under the relevancebased ranking option were collected and parsed by time and language. Of the 50 videos, 10 were eliminated either for length (ࣘ1 minute or ࣙ20 minutes), language (any language other than English), and/or for later being removed by YouTube for copyright violations. The videos were then assessed using the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool-Audio/Visual (PEMAT-A/V) by 2 independent reviewers for understandability and actionability. Results:A total of 40 videos were examined using the PEMAT-A/V tool. The average understandability score was 57.7%, whereas the average actionability score was 46.3%. Eleven videos (28%) had actionability scores of 0%. Videos most commonly addressed disease management options (38%). The second largest category was case presentations regarding surgical techniques (30%). There were only 6 videos focused primarily on education about the definition and common traits of sinusitis (15%). Conclusion:Our results show a paucity of high-quality online A/V educational material pertaining to sinusitis, with a majority of videos being neither understandable nor actionable. As patients increasingly turn to internet video databases like YouTube for medical information, it is critical that physicians and institutions create A/V material that is accurate, understandable, and actionable. C 2020 ARS-AAOA, LLC.

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Understandability and actionability of audiovisual patient education materials on sinusitis

Rubel

Alwani

Nwosu

et al. 2020

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol

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“…There are a limited number of studies examining the quality of online otolaryngology content for patients, which is surprising given the number of individuals who are likely to access it. A number of studies have assessed the quality of online medical information, but only a small number have focused on otolaryngological conditions 9 – 14 …”

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Quality of online otolaryngology health information

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“…The use of online internet information may prove helpful for the parent’s decision making and understanding their children problems. 23 …”

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Evaluation of Children Quality of Life after Serous Otitis Media Surgery

Moghaddam¹,

Mirghaffari²

2018

J Caring Sci

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Introduction: Otitis media with effusion is a common childhood disease diagnosed with the accumulation of serous fluid or mucous in the middle ear. If not treated, the sustainable effusion leads to change and destruction of middle ear structures. One of the most successful treatment methods is myringotomy and ventilation tube insertion, which leads to improvement of patients' quality of life. The aim of this study was to evaluate children’s quality of life after inserting ventilation tubes. Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study examined the quality of life of the children suffering from otitis media with sustainable effusion, who were candidates for ventilation tube insertion. Otitis Media outcome-22 (OMO -22) questionnaire, was used to record the patients’ problems in a 12-week period before and after surgery. Results: In this study, 70 patients, including 43 (61.4%) boys and 27 (38.6%) girls (1y-13y), who completed the questionnaire, were studied. Treatment with ventilation tubes improved many physical symptoms of the hearing loss along with speech and behavioral symptoms. A significant reduction was observed in the number of physician visits and the use of antibiotics for ear problems. Conclusion: Ventilation tube insertion not only reduced the symptoms of otitis media with effusion, but also improved the children’s quality of life.

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Consulting Dr. Google: Quality of Online Resources About Tympanostomy Tube Placement

Abstract: NA. Laryngoscope, 128:496-501, 2018.

Cited by 32 publications

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Understandability and actionability of audiovisual patient education materials on sinusitis

Understandability and actionability of audiovisual patient education materials on sinusitis

Quality of online otolaryngology health information

Evaluation of Children Quality of Life after Serous Otitis Media Surgery

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