Dietary and herbal supplements for fatigue: A quality assessment of online consumer health information

Ng, Jeremy Y.; Zhang, Catherine Jiayi; Ahmed, Saad M. Saleh

doi:10.1016/j.imr.2021.100749

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“…In addition, advertisement-included videos had significantly lower DISCERN and GQS scores. Consistently, several studies have reported that the information available on commercial websites for dietary and herbal supplements is largely poor quality compared with health portal websites [ 31 , 70 ]. Similar to these studies, Gkouskou et al declared that commercial websites had a significantly lower reliability score than institutional and other websites [ 71 ].…”

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“…This situation limits the comparison of DISCERN, JAMA, and GQS scores with similar studies. However, there are a few studies that analyzed the DISCERN scores of online resources regarding herbal supplements, sports medicine, and nutrition [ 31 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 ]. For instance, Ng et al showed that online resources containing complementary and alternative-medicine-specific information vary in quality, according to the DISCERN instrument [ 72 ].…”

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“…Similarly, quality assessment studies of websites regarding dietary and herbal supplements showed that high variabilities are observed in DISCERN scores. The average total DISCERN scores with standard deviations in these studies were determined as 44.80 ± 11.53 and 47.64 ± 10.38, respectively [ 31 , 70 ]. The present study showed that the mean ± standard error value of DISCERN score was 29.27 ± 1.97.…”

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The Evaluation of Videos about Branched-Chain Amino Acids Supplements on YouTube™: A Multi-Approach Study

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Turhan

Çavak

et al. 2022

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Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are one of the most controversial ergogenic aids in terms of effectiveness and safety. This study aimed to evaluate the quality and reliability of BCAA supplements related to English videos on YouTubeä and to synthesize with the sentiment–emotion analysis of comments on videos. The content analysis of the information on videos was evaluated with the use of DISCERN, Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) benchmark criteria, and Global Quality Score (GQS). In addition, word cloud and sentiment and emotional analysis of comments in videos were performed with the R package. As a result, the mean ± standard error values of DISCERN, JAMA, and GQS scores of all videos were 29.27 ± 1.97, 1.95 ± 0.12, and 2.13 ± 0.17, respectively. It was found that advertisement-free videos have a significantly higher DISCERN and GQS score than advertisement-included videos (p < 0.05). A moderately significant positive correlation was determined between DISCERN score of video content and the positive sentiment of video comments (rs: 0.400, p = 0.002). In conclusion, it was determined that BCAA-related YouTubeä videos have mostly very poor quality in terms of content and that videos with higher quality may receive positive comments from viewers according to the DISCERN instrument.

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The Evaluation of Videos about Branched-Chain Amino Acids Supplements on YouTube™: A Multi-Approach Study

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“…The fatigue–physical activity association is multifactorial, which can be explained by body composition, physical fitness, and comorbidity [ 15 ]. Thus, the vulnerability to fatigue from PA could be dependent on nutritional supplements with antioxidant properties, which may contribute to the severity of the fatigue [ 16 , 17 ]. It is known that minerals and vitamins are essentials to avoiding fatigue and loss of energy [ 18 ].…”

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A pilot study of the moderating effect of gender on the physical activity and fatigue severity among recovered COVID-19 patients

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Background Clinical data point toward gender-based differences in COVID-19 severity. However, there is insufficient research examining whether gender predicts physical activity (PA) and fatigue severity in patients recovering from COVID-19. Therefore, this study aimed to characterize the PA and fatigue severity in a cohort of patients recovering from COVID-19 infection and measure the extent to which gender-based differences moderate the relationship of PA with fatigue. Method A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The sample comprised patients recovering from COVID-19 over at least 3 months. Recovered patients were stratified into two groups based on gender. The survey included items pertaining to sociodemographic, a fatigue severity scale and a self-reported international PA questionnaire. Results Eighty-seven patients (44 women and 43 men) met the inclusion criteria. Compared with men, women reported sedentary behavior (70%) and high fatigue severity (64%). A significantly higher number of women had a low PA score compared with men (p = .002). The findings indicated that gender significantly moderates the effect of total PA in metabolic equivalents (METs; min/wk) on fatigue severity [F = 4.8, p = .03, ΔR2 = 0.24]. Conclusions The current study suggests that women might be at risk of higher fatigue severity, in addition to engaging less in PA. Physical activity may plays a significant role in modulate the fatigue severity. Consequently, interventions aimed at promoting physical activity in women stand high chances of addressing the disparity in the distribution of prevalence of fatigue between men and women.

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“…Using articles and books published in popular media outlets as a proxy, we can observe that kratom is now being advertised and sought out as a performance-boosting ("nootropic") or wellness supplement (Mun and Wong, 2020;Carcache de Blanco and Kinghorn, 2021;Ng et al, 2021). A recent content analysis of over 42,000 comments made on kratom-related YouTube videos found that 50% reported use of kratom for its energy-boosting effects and 25% for its purported nootropic effects (Prevete et al, 2021).…”

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Kratom Use in the US: Both a Regional Phenomenon and a White Middle-Class Phenomenon? Evidence From NSDUH 2019 and an Online Convenience Sample

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Strickland³

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Kratom products available in the United States are becoming increasingly diverse both in terms of content and in terms of how they are marketed. Prior survey research indicates that kratom has been primarily used in the US to self-treat anxiety, depression, pain, fatigue, and substance use disorder (SUD) symptoms. Kratom is also well-known for its use as a short- or long-term full opioid agonist substitute. Therefore, use may be greater in regions particularly impacted by addiction to prescription opioids. Use may also be greater in demographic groups targeted by media outlets (such as specific podcasts) in which kratom is touted. Here, we aimed to determine whether lifetime and past-year kratom use were associated with region of residence and with being young, White, post-secondary educated, and employed. To strengthen confidence in our findings, we analyzed data from two sources: our own crowdsourced online convenience sample and the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). In our sample (N = 2,615), 11.1% reported lifetime and 6.7% reported past-year kratom use, and the odds of kratom use were higher among people who were White, younger, at least high school educated, employed, and above the poverty line, as well as those reporting nonmedical opioid use, past-year SUD, or lifetime SUD treatment; residence was not a significant predictor. In NSDUH data, suburban residence and other demographic factors, concordant with those from the crowdsourced sample, were associated with kratom use. Taken together, the findings support a general “White middle-class suburban” profile of the modal kratom user, but more research is needed to understand it. In the interim, focus should be on our finding that lifetime nonmedical opioid use was associated with an up to five times greater likelihood of past-year kratom use, suggesting that drug-use history may presently be the strongest predictor of kratom use.

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Dietary and herbal supplements for fatigue: A quality assessment of online consumer health information

Cited by 10 publications

References 22 publications

The Evaluation of Videos about Branched-Chain Amino Acids Supplements on YouTube™: A Multi-Approach Study

The Evaluation of Videos about Branched-Chain Amino Acids Supplements on YouTube™: A Multi-Approach Study

A pilot study of the moderating effect of gender on the physical activity and fatigue severity among recovered COVID-19 patients

Kratom Use in the US: Both a Regional Phenomenon and a White Middle-Class Phenomenon? Evidence From NSDUH 2019 and an Online Convenience Sample

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