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1. Increasing participation by National Health Service knowledge and
library services staff in patient and public information: The role of
Knowledge for Healthcare, 2014-2019.
2. Library Patrons' Psychosocial Needs: Perceptions of Need and Reasons
for Accessing Social Work Services.
3. Differences in information accessed in a pharmacologic knowledge base
using a conversational agent vs traditional search methods.
4. A systematic review of automatic text summarization for biomedical
literature and EHRs.
5. COVID-19 Misinformation Online and Health Literacy: A Brief Overview.
6. Building a Bridge: A Review of Information Literacy in Nursing
Education.
7. Question Answering System for Chemistry.
8. Popular videos related to low back pain on YouTube™ do not reflect
current clinical guidelines: a cross-sectional study.
9. COVID-19 Communication to English- and Spanish-Speaking Cancer
Patients: A Website Analysis of Seven Healthcare Systems in North Texas.
10. Evaluating YouTube Videos on Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation as a
Resource for Patients.
11. Evaluation of YouTube as an information source for denture care.
12. Evaluation of Quality and Reliability of YouTube Videos on Female
Urinary Incontinence.
13. Is YouTube a high-quality source of information on cancer
rehabilitation?
14. Associations between absolute and relative electronic cigarette harm
perceptions and information-seeking behaviours among US adult current,
former and never smokers.
15. Determining the nutritional immunity information seeking behaviour
during the COVID-19 pandemic in India: A Google Trends data analysis.
16. How Does COVID-19 Differ from the Flu/Cold? A Study of Multilevel
Information Seeking among Korean Immigrant Women in the U.S.
17. Perceived Efficiency Outcomes, Sources and Awareness of Online Health
Information among the Elderly during COVID-19.
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Health Info Libr J. 2021 Jul 31.
1. Increasing participation by National Health Service knowledge and
library services staff in patient and public information: The role of
Knowledge for Healthcare, 2014-2019.
Eleanor Ruth Carlyle, Louise Goswami, Sue Robertson
BACKGROUND: The strategy lead for the National Health Service (NHS)
knowledge and library services withn the NHS in England is held by Health
Education England, working with 184 local NHS libraries based predominantly
in hospitals OBJECTIVES: As part of the strategic framework Knowkedge for
Healthcare, the objective was to increase the role NHS knowledge and library
services staff play in both indirect an direct support for evidence-based
information for patients and the public.
METHODS: The study took an integrated multi-level approach: encouraging
local staff to share their expertise through Task and Finish groups,
developing tools, offering training and reviewing levers available through
Health Education England's quality assurance role.
RESULTS: Between 2014 and 2019, the percentage of services supporting
patient and public information increased from 27% to 78%. Qualitative
evidence demonstrates a wide range of roles played by local services,
working either indirectly or directly to ensure access to evidence-based
health information for patients and the public.
DISCUSSION: The study shows the benefits of engaging people with local
expertise in developing the skills and resources for system-wide change.
CONCLUSION: Similar system-wide change programmes should also consider an
integrated approach, involving people, developing tools, offering training
and drawing on incentive structures such as quality assurance measures.
Apologies for previous errors to Background, Objectives, Methods.
Keywords: National Health Service (NHS); consumer health information;
health literacy; librarians, clinical; libraries, health care; libraries,
hospital; patient information Please ensure that there is a ';' where you
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12388
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34333839
Soc Work. 2021 Aug 01. pii: swab032. [Epub ahead of print]
2. Library Patrons' Psychosocial Needs: Perceptions of Need and Reasons
for Accessing Social Work Services.
Elizabeth A Wahler, Mary A Provence, Sarah C Johnson, John Helling, Michael
Williams
Public libraries in the United States have begun to partner with social work
to address the psychosocial needs observed in patrons that are beyond the
training and education of most library staff. This is a new area of inquiry
with limited research available. Of the few published studies, the majority
focus on staff perceptions of patrons' needs and surveys of patrons
experiencing homelessness about their use of public libraries. The present
study is the first to examine and compare staff perception of patrons'
needs, patrons' self-expressed needs, and the actual use of social work
services by patrons within one library system. Comparisons are explored
between actual service usage alongside the perception of patrons' needs as
originally reported by both staff and patron groups. Implications for
library-based social work practice are discussed.
Keywords: homelessness; poverty; psychosocial needs; public libraries
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swab032
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34333662
Int J Med Inform. 2021 Jul 16. pii: S1386-5056(21)00156-8.
3. Differences in information accessed in a pharmacologic knowledge base
using a conversational agent vs traditional search methods.
Anita M Preininger, Bedda L Rosario, Adam M Buchold, Jeff Heiland, Nawshin
Kutub, Bryan S Bohanan, Brett South, Gretchen P Jackson
INTRODUCTION: Clinicians rely on pharmacologic knowledge bases to answer
medication questions and avoid potential adverse drug events. In late 2018,
an artificial intelligence-based conversational agent, Watson Assistant
(WA), was made available to online subscribers to the pharmacologic
knowledge base, Micromedex®. WA allows users to ask medication-related
questions in natural language. This study evaluated search method-dependent
differences in the frequency of information accessed by traditional methods
(keyword search and heading navigation) vs conversational agent search.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We compared the proportion of information types
accessed through the conversational agent to the proportion of analogous
information types accessed by traditional methods during the first 6 months
of 2020.
RESULTS: Addition of the conversational agent allowed early adopters to
access 22 different information types contained in the 'quick answers'
portion of the knowledge base. These information types were accessed 117,550
times with WA during the study period, compared to 33,649,651 times using
traditional search methods. The distribution across information types
differed by method employed (c2 test, P < .0001). Single drug/dosing,
FDA/non-FDA uses, adverse effects, and drug administration emerged as 4 of
the top 5 information types accessed by either method. Intravenous
compatibility was accessed more frequently using the conversational agent
(7.7% vs. 0.6% for traditional methods), whereas dose adjustments were
accessed more frequently via traditional methods (4.8% vs. 1.4% for WA).
CONCLUSION: In a widely used pharmacologic knowledge base, information
accessed through conversational agents versus traditional methods differed.
User-centered studies are needed to understand these differences.
Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Conversational agent; Information
retrieval; Natural language processing; Pharmacologic knowledge base
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104530
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34332466
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021 Aug 02. pii: ocab143. [Epub ahead of print]
4. A systematic review of automatic text summarization for biomedical
literature and EHRs.
Mengqian Wang, Manhua Wang, Fei Yu, Yue Yang, Jennifer Walker, Javed Mostafa
OBJECTIVE: Biomedical text summarization helps biomedical information
seekers avoid information overload by reducing the length of a document
while preserving the contents' essence. Our systematic review investigates
the most recent biomedical text summarization researches on biomedical
literature and electronic health records by analyzing their techniques,
areas of application, and evaluation methods. We identify gaps and propose
potential directions for future research.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This review followed the PRISMA methodology and
replicated the approaches adopted by the previous systematic review
published on the same topic. We searched 4 databases (PubMed, ACM Digital
Library, Scopus, and Web of Science) from January 1, 2013 to April 8, 2021.
Two reviewers independently screened title, abstract, and full-text for all
retrieved articles. The conflicts were resolved by the third reviewer. The
data extraction of the included articles was in 5 dimensions: input,
purpose, output, method, and evaluation.
RESULTS: Fifty-eight out of 7235 retrieved articles met the inclusion
criteria. Thirty-nine systems used single-document biomedical research
literature as their input, 17 systems were explicitly designed for clinical
support, 47 systems generated extractive summaries, and 53 systems adopted
hybrid methods combining computational linguistics, machine learning, and
statistical approaches. As for the assessment, 51 studies conducted an
intrinsic evaluation using predefined metrics.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: This study found that current biomedical text
summarization systems have achieved good performance using hybrid methods.
Studies on electronic health records summarization have been increasing
compared to a previous survey. However, the majority of the works still
focus on summarizing literature.
Keywords: automatic text summarization; biomedical and health sciences
literature; computational linguistics; electronic health records; machine
learning
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocab143
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34338801
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 30. pii: 8091.
5. COVID-19 Misinformation Online and Health Literacy: A Brief Overview.
Salman Bin Naeem, Maged N Kamel Boulos
Low digital health literacy affects large percentages of populations around
the world and is a direct contributor to the spread of COVID-19-related
online misinformation (together with bots). The ease and 'viral' nature of
social media sharing further complicate the situation. This paper provides a
quick overview of the magnitude of the problem of COVID-19 misinformation on
social media, its devastating effects, and its intricate relation to digital
health literacy. The main strategies, methods and services that can be used
to detect and prevent the spread of COVID-19 misinformation, including
machine learning-based approaches, health literacy guidelines, checklists,
mythbusters and fact-checkers, are then briefly reviewed. Given the
complexity of the COVID-19 infodemic, it is very unlikely that any of these
approaches or tools will be fully effective alone in stopping the spread of
COVID-19 misinformation. Instead, a mixed, synergistic approach, combining
the best of these strategies, methods, and services together, is highly
recommended in tackling online health misinformation, and mitigating its
negative effects in COVID-19 and future pandemics. Furthermore, techniques
and tools should ideally focus on evaluating both the message (information
content) and the messenger (information author/source) and not just rely on
assessing the latter as a quick and easy proxy for the trustworthiness and
truthfulness of the former. Surveying and improving population digital
health literacy levels are also essential for future infodemic preparedness.
Keywords: COVID-19; digital health literacy; disinformation; health
literacy; infodemic; misinformation; social media
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158091
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34360384
J Nurs Educ. 2021 Aug;60(8): 431-436
6. Building a Bridge: A Review of Information Literacy in Nursing
Education.
Laureen P Cantwell, Bethany S McGowan, Julie Planchon Wolf, Maribeth
Slebodnik, Jamie L Conklin, Sandy McCarthy, Rebecca Raszewski
BACKGROUND: Although information literacy (IL) has been valuable in nursing
education, guiding documents from librarianship (e.g., Framework for
Information Literacy in Higher Education) remain relatively obscure among
nursing faculty. This review analyzes the intersection of IL with nursing
and offers analyses for a better understanding of integrating IL into
nursing education settings.
METHOD: Scholarly literature was searched, and Covidence was used to track
themes regarding how (and where) IL literature (n = 179) connects to nursing
educational settings.
RESULTS: Librarians are not involved consistently within nursing education.
Research and discussion on IL in nursing are published in librarianship,
education, and health sciences literature, and the terminology does not
always align across these disciplines.
CONCLUSION: Findings indicate an opportunity for librarians to share the
Framework and its connections to the research literature with the nursing
community. Researchers share suggestions for how common themes, language,
and ideas can be shared between librarians and nursing faculty. [J Nurs
Educ. 2021;60(8):431-436.].
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20210722-03
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34346816
J Chem Inf Model. 2021 Aug 02.
7. Question Answering System for Chemistry.
Xiaochi Zhou, Daniel Nurkowski, Sebastian Mosbach, Jethro Akroyd, Markus
Kraft
This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a proof-of-concept
Question Answering (QA) system for accessing chemical data from knowledge
graphs (KGs) which offer data from chemical kinetics to the chemical and
physical properties of species. We trained the question classification and
named the entity recognition models that specialize in interpreting
chemistry questions. The system has a novel design which applies a topic
model to identify the question-to-ontology affiliation to handle ontologies
with different structures. The topic model also helps the system to provide
answers with a higher quality. Moreover, a new method that automatically
generates training questions from ontologies is also implemented. The
question set generated for training contains 432,989 questions under 11
types. Such a training set has been proven to be effective for training both
the question classification model and the named entity recognition model. We
evaluated the system using other KGQA systems as baselines. The system
outperforms the chosen KGQA system answering chemistry-related questions.
The QA system is also compared to the Google search engine and the
WolframAlpha engine. It shows that the QA system can answer certain types of
questions better than the search engines.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.1c00275
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34338504
Braz J Phys Ther. 2021 Jul 16. pii: S1413-3555(21)00076-9.
8. Popular videos related to low back pain on YouTube™ do not reflect
current clinical guidelines: a cross-sectional study.
Laísa B Maia, Juliana P Silva, Mateus B Souza, Nicholas Henschke, Vinicius
C Oliveira
BACKGROUND: Quality of low back pain (LBP) information offered on YouTube ™
is unclear.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the current low back pain information available on
YouTube ™ and determine if these videos report information that aligns with
clinical guidelines. Further analysis explored whether specific features of
the videos explain their popularity.
METHODS: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted on videos
related to LBP on YouTube™ with the 200 most viewed videos using the term
"low back pain." The videos were independently viewed and assessed by two
researchers for specific video characteristics, LBP specific content, and
compliance with guidelines. The association between video characteristics or
content with popularity (i.e., views, likes, dislikes, and comments) was
investigated using regression models.
RESULTS: The median number of views was 2 018 167. Only 59 (29.5%) of the
videos reported at least one diagnostic recommendation from clinical
guidelines, and only 100 (50%) reported a treatment recommendation that
aligned with clinical guidelines. Apart from year of upload, no variables
were identified that were independently associated with popularity or
engagement of the videos.
CONCLUSION: The information related to LBP offered on YouTube™ is often not
evidence-based and there is the tendency to prioritize information on
interventions rather than understanding the LBP process. Factors related to
engagement with content about LBP on YouTube™ remains uncertain, indicating
further need for knowledge translation in this field.
Keywords: Health information; Low back pain; YouTube
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjpt.2021.06.009
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34332887
JMIR Cancer. 2021 Jul 28.
9. COVID-19 Communication to English- and Spanish-Speaking Cancer
Patients: A Website Analysis of Seven Healthcare Systems in North Texas.
Robin T Higashi, John W Sweetenham, Aimee D Israel, Jasmin A Tiro
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic created an urgent need to rapidly
disseminate health information, especially to those with cancer because they
face higher morbidity and mortality rates. At the same time, the
disproportionate impact of the pandemic on Latinx populations underscores
the need for information to reach Spanish-speakers. However, the equity of
information about COVID-19 to Spanish-speaking cancer patients communicated
through institutions' online media is unknown.
OBJECTIVE: We conducted a multi-modal, mixed method document review study to
evaluate the equity of online information about COVID-19 and cancer
available to English and Spanish speaking populations from seven healthcare
institutions in North Texas, where one in five adults is Spanish-speaking.
Our focus is less on the "digital divide", which conveys disparities in
access to computers and the Internet based on the race/ethnicity, education,
and income of at-risk populations; rather, our study asks: to what extent is
online content useful and culturally appropriate in meeting
Spanish-speakers' information needs?
METHODS: We reviewed 50 websites (33 English, 17 Spanish) over a period of
one week in mid-May 2020. We sampled seven institutions' main oncology and
COVID web pages, as well as both internal (institutional web pages) and
external (non-institutional web pages) linked content. We conducted several
analyses for each sampled page: (a) thematic content analysis, (b) literacy
level analysis using Readability Studio software, (c) coding using the
Patient Education and Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT), and (d) descriptive
analysis of video and diversity content.
RESULTS: The themes most frequently addressed on English and Spanish
websites differed somewhat. While "resources/FAQs" were frequently cited
themes on both websites, English websites more frequently addressed
"news/updates" and "cancer+COVID", whereas Spanish websites addressed
"protection" and "COVID data". Spanish websites were on average lower
literacy (11th grade) than English (13th grade), although still far above
recommended guidelines of 6th-8th grade. The overall average accessibility
score using the PEMAT analysis was the same for English (n=33 pages) and
Spanish pages (n=17 pages) at 82%. Among the DFW organizations, the average
accessibility of the Spanish pages (n=7) was slightly lower than that of the
English pages (n=19) at 77% vs. 81%, respectively, due mostly to the
discrepancy in English-only videos and visual aids. Twelve of the 50
websites (24%) had embedded videos in them, however 100% of videos were in
English, including one that was on a Spanish website.
CONCLUSIONS: We identified an uneven response among the seven healthcare
institutions to providing equitable information to Spanish-speaking DFW
residents concerned about COVID and cancer. Spanish-speakers lack equal
access in both diversity of content about COVID-19 and access to other
websites, leaving an already vulnerable cancer patient population at greater
risk. We recommend several specific actions to enhance content and
navigability for Spanish-speakers.
CLINICALTRIAL:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/30492
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34346886
Laryngoscope. 2021 Aug 07.
10. Evaluating YouTube Videos on Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation as a
Resource for Patients.
Kevin Xiao, Daniel Campbell, Eric Mastrolonardo, Maurits Boon, Colin Huntley
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: This study evaluated the quality and
comprehensiveness of YouTube videos on hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HNS)
for patients. This study also investigated the relationship between video
content, video metrics, and popularity.
STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study.
METHODS: We identified 150 videos using three search terms: "inspire sleep
apnea," "hypoglossal nerve stimulation," and "upper airway stimulation."
Videos that were unrelated to the use of HNS for obstructive sleep apnea in
adults, operating room recordings, lectures for medical professionals,
non-English, or non-audio were excluded. Video quality and comprehensiveness
were assessed using modified DISCERN criterion (range: 5-25) and novel
content criterion (range: 0-12), respectively. Secondary outcomes included
video metrics (views, likes, dislikes, comments, and days since upload) and
Video Power Index to measure popularity. Outcomes were stratified by video
uploader source (medical institutions, medical companies, individual users,
other).
RESULTS: Users searched YouTube for "inspire sleep apnea" 2.48 times more in
2020 than in 2018. We identified 67 videos for review, with the majority
coming from medical institutions (70.2%). Overall, the average-modified
DISCERN (13.65 ± 4.88) and novel content (3.87 ± 2.09) scores were low and
did not differ between medical institutions or other uploader sources.
Higher quality and more comprehensive video content did not correlate with
popularity.
CONCLUSION: Overall quality and comprehensiveness of information of HNS
YouTube videos was low. Given the high demand for information on HNS, there
is opportunity for medical institutions to implement new strategies to
improve both video content and visibility to patients.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: N/A Laryngoscope, 2021.
Keywords: YouTube; hypoglossal nerve stimulation; obstructive sleep apnea
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.29809
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34363396
J Prosthet Dent. 2021 Aug 03. pii: S0022-3913(21)00364-4.
11. Evaluation of YouTube as an information source for denture care.
Filiz Yagci
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Denture cleaning is indispensable to the maintenance
of good oral and systemic health for denture users. Nowadays people often
consult YouTube about health-related topics, including denture care.
However, the quality of the information about denture care presented on
YouTube is unknown.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness and
quality of popular videos about denture care shared by different uploaders
on YouTube and to evaluate the demographic characteristics of the videos.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Google Trends showed that "denture cleaning" was the
most searched keyword on the topic. This keyword was used to search YouTube
videos. Of the 200 most-watched videos, 109 videos were selected for
analysis. Included videos were analyzed for their demographic data,
including number of views; number of likes, dislikes, and comments; days
since upload; duration and number of subscribers; an 8-point usefulness
score system, a global quality scale (GQS); video sources; target groups;
and primary purposes of the videos. Statistical analyses were conducted by
using the Kruskal-Wallis test, post hoc Mann-Whitney U test, Pearson
chi-squared test, and Spearman correlation analysis, which was used to
investigate the relationship among total content score, GQS score, and video
demographics. Cohen kappa statistics was used to measure the reliability of
the investigator's evaluations of the videos (α=.05).
RESULTS: Based on the usefulness score, 59.6% of the videos were classified
as poor, 32.1% as moderate, and 8.2% as good. No statistically significant
differences were found among usefulness scores according to the video
demographics, except lower GQS score of poor content videos (P<.001). The
overall mean ±standard deviation GQS score was 1.92 ±1.0 out of 5. Videos
were primarily uploaded (38.5%) from commercial companies. No statistically
significant difference was found between video sources and usefulness scores
(P>.05). The number of videos with poor content was significantly higher
than the number with moderate and good content among the videos primarily
intended for the education of health professionals (P<.001).
CONCLUSIONS: The majority (59.6%) of YouTube videos on denture care received
poor content quality ratings, independent of video demographics. Therefore,
YouTube is not suitable as the only source of information on denture care.
Dentists and prosthodontists should take more responsibility for enriching
the content of video-sharing platforms because this content can affect the
behavior of patients and their attitudes about denture care.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prosdent.2021.06.045
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34362564
J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod. 2021 Aug 02. pii: S2468-7847(21)00137-9.
12. Evaluation of Quality and Reliability of YouTube Videos on Female
Urinary Incontinence.
Mehmet Yilmaz Salman, Goksel Bayar
OBJECTIVES: Women often feel embarrassed about urinary incontinence,
hesitate to see a doctor and search the internet to gain information on the
disease. The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of the most
viewed YouTubeTM pertaining to female urinary incontinence.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Sixty videos that met the inclusion criteria were
assessed by two urologists through Quality Criteria for Consumer Health
Information (DISCERN), Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
and Video Power Index (VPI) scoring systems. Videos' image type, video
uploaders, general content, length, view counts, date of uploading, comment,
like and dislike counts were also recorded and analyzed.
RESULTS: Forty videos included real and 20 animation images. Nine videos
were uploaded directly by physicians, 32 videos by health channels, 14
videos by hospital channels, 2 videos by herbalists and 3 videos by other
sources. The mean comment, like and dislike counts of the videos were found
as 49.4±172.9, 642.5±2,112.9 and 66.7±192.4. The mean DISCERN score was
found as 38.2±11.5, JAMA score as 1.4±0.6 and VPI score as 85.1±12.1. There
was no significant difference between physicians and non-physicians and
between real and animated videos in terms of DISCERN and JAMA scores
(p>0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: The quality of the videos on YouTubeTM pertaining to female
urinary incontinence was at an average level. Healthcare professionals
should be encouraged for uploading more accurate quality health related
contents. Policy makers should develop policies for supervision of the
videos uploaded on the internet.
Keywords: Female urinary incontinence; YouTube(TM), DISCERN, JAMA, VPI,
Quality
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogoh.2021.102200
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34352442
J Cancer Surviv. 2021 Aug 04.
13. Is YouTube a high-quality source of information on cancer
rehabilitation?
Yeliz Bahar-Ozdemir, Tugba Ozsoy-Unubol, Gulseren Akyuz
BACKGROUND: Searching for information on the Internet, especially YouTubeTM,
is gaining popularity for cancer survivors. Based on the topic of online
health information, the importance of studies using YouTube data for various
cancer types and treatment methods has increased. This study aims to
investigate the quality, reliability, and accuracy of YouTube videos on
cancer rehabilitation (CR).
METHODS: YouTube search was performed on February 26th, 2021, with two
keyword sets: "cancer rehabilitation" and "oncology rehabilitation." The
modified DISCERN, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
scoring system, and the Global Quality Score (GQS) were used to evaluate the
quality and reliability of the videos. The features of each video such as
the number of likes, dislikes, and views, upload date, duration, like ratio,
and the uploader profile were also collected.
RESULTS: Fifty-three of the first 200 videos shown in the search results met
the criteria. Most of the videos were low quality. The most common uploader
profile was academic institute/university hospital. The three most common
subjects in the videos were CR definition, physical therapy and occupational
therapy, and patient experiences. The mean modified DISCERN, JAMA, and GQS
scores were 2.14, 2.03, and 2.78, respectively. Higher quality videos had
longer duration, greater number of views, and better reliability scores.
CONCLUSION: The results showed that most of the rated videos were of
low-quality and didn't provide sufficient information on the topic
discussed. Higher-quality and more accurate YouTube videos are needed to
increase awareness of CR.
IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: For cancer survivors, CR-related YouTube
video content often provides information of low reliability. In this
context, it is necessary to focus on the production of video content that
includes clinical guides, references, and are based on clinical-based
practices.
Keywords: Cancer rehabilitation; Cancer survivors; Social media; YouTubeTM
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-021-01093-9
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34347245
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2021 Aug 03.
14. Associations between absolute and relative electronic cigarette harm
perceptions and information-seeking behaviours among US adult current,
former and never smokers.
Irina A Iles, Arielle S Gillman, William M P Klein, Rebecca A Ferrer,
Annette Kaufman
INTRODUCTION: Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) harm perceptions and
information seeking behaviours are both important antecedents of e-cigarette
use, yet the relationship between them has been rarely studied. We assessed
how absolute (e-cigarettes are harmful to my health) and relative harm
perceptions (e-cigarettes are more/less harmful than cigarettes) were
associated with specific e-cigarette information seeking behaviours in a
sample of current, former and never cigarette smokers.
METHODS: We used data from US adults in two cycles of the Health Information
National Trends Survey (HINTS-FDA 2015, n = 3738; 2017, n = 1736). Analyses
controlled for socio-demographics, ever e-cigarette use and survey cycle.
Data were analysed between January and August 2020.
RESULTS: Higher relative harm perceptions were associated with lower odds of
having sought any information on e-cigarettes [adjusted odds ratio 0.61, 95%
confidence interval (0.48, 0.84)] and on how to use e-cigarettes to quit
smoking specifically [adjusted odds ratio 0.59, 95% confidence interval
(0.38, 0.91)]. Smoking status did not moderate associations between absolute
or relative harm perceptions and information seeking behaviours, nor was it
associated with specific information seeking behaviours after adjusting for
covariates.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: The risks of e-cigarettes relative to combusted
cigarettes (as opposed to the absolute risks of e-cigarettes) appear to be
more important in individuals' information seeking behaviours about
e-cigarettes. Public health messages could ensure that all individuals
understand how one's health risk would change if they exclusively used
e-cigarettes, switched to e-cigarettes completely or used both products.
Keywords: absolute harm perception; electronic cigarette; information
seeking; relative harm perception; smoking
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13368
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34342384
Public Health Nutr. 2021 Aug 05. 1-26
15. Determining the nutritional immunity information seeking behaviour
during the COVID-19 pandemic in India: A Google Trends data analysis.
Savitesh Kushwaha, Poonam Khanna, Rachita Jain, Rachana Srivastava
OBJECTIVE: During COVID-19, the internet was a prime source for getting
relevant updates on guidelines and desirable information. The objective of
the present study was to determine the nutritional immunity information
seeking behaviour during COVID-19 in India.
DESIGN: Google Trends (GTs) data on relevant COVID-19 and nutritional topics
were systematically selected and retrieved. Data on newly reported COVID-19
cases were also examined on a daily basis. The cross-correlation method was
used to determine the correlation coefficient between the selected terms and
daily new COVID-19 cases, and the joint point regression models were
utilised to measure monthly percent change in relative search volumes.
SETTING: Online.
PARTICIPANTS: People using google search during period 01-01-2020 to
31-08-2020 in India.
RESULTS: The date of peak searches can be attributed to the COVID-19
guidelines announcement dates. All the nutritional terms showed a
significant increase in average monthly percentage change. The higher than
the average daily rise in COVID-19 cases leads to a higher than average
increase in RSVs of nutritional terms with the greatest association after 14
to 27 days. The highest mean relative search volume for nutritional terms
was from Southern India (49.34±7.43), and the lowest was from Western India
(31.10±6.30).
CONCLUSION: There was a significant rise in the google searches of
nutritional immunity topics during COVID-19 in India. The local/regional
terms can be considered for better outreach of public health guidelines or
recommendations. Further automation of Google Trends using programming
languages can help in real-time monitoring and planning various
health/nutritional events.
Keywords: Behaviour; COVID-19; Google Trends; Immunity; Nutrition
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980021003232
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34348829
Am J Health Behav. 2021 07 26. 45(4): 665-676
16. How Does COVID-19 Differ from the Flu/Cold? A Study of Multilevel
Information Seeking among Korean Immigrant Women in the U.S.
Sou Hyun Jang, Gowoon Jung
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to understand COVID-19 information
seeking among Korean immigrant women in comparison to their flu/cold
information seeking. In particular, the study aimed to examine: (1) the
levels of information sought regarding both COVID-19 and the flu/cold, and
(2) the content of information discussed at each level. Methods: We analyzed
the posts on Missy USA--one of the largest Korean online communities for
married Korean immigrant women. Two sets of data, one for COVID-19 (n=726)
and the other for the flu/cold (n=50), were analyzed with codes at different
levels, which were adapted from the social-ecological model. Results:
Applying the social-ecological model, we found that about 80% of information
regarding the flu/cold and about 60% of COVID-19 information was
concentrated at individual, interpersonal, and organizational levels.
Information seeking at the community level was more frequent for COVID-19
than for the flu/cold. Conclusions: Our finding that Korean immigrant women
primarily sought information regarding COVID-19 serves as a theoretical
contribution at the transnational level, which might be relevant for
immigrant women during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.45.4.6
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34340734
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 31. pii: 8121.
17. Perceived Efficiency Outcomes, Sources and Awareness of Online Health
Information among the Elderly during COVID-19.
Gizell Green, Riki Tesler, Cochava Sharon
The Internet and social media are crucial platforms for health information.
Factors such as the efficiency of online health information, the outcomes of
seeking online health information and the awareness of reliable sources have
become increasingly important for the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This study aimed to examine differences between elderly individuals' income
above and below the average monthly wage in relation to their online health
information efficiency and the outcomes of seeking online health
information; to evaluate types of online information sources with online
health information efficiency and the outcomes of seeking online health
information; and to explore online health information efficiency as a
mediator between health status and awareness of online sources. A
cross-sectional study design was conducted with 336 elderly participants age
65 or older. The participants volunteered to complete a questionnaire. No
differences were found between the two groups regarding efficiency in
retrieving health information from official online health sites and Google.
Perceived efficiency mediated health status and awareness of online sources.
In these challenging times, it is important to provide a tailor-made
education strategy plan for reliable sources of online health information
for the elderly, in order to enhance their technology safety skills. It is
also important to explore other mediating variables between health status
and awareness of online sources.
Keywords: COVID-19; awareness of online sources; elderly; online health
information; perceived efficiency
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158121
URL: http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34360416
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