- Many popular YouTube videos about prostate cancer contained biased or poor-quality information.
- There was a significant negative correlation between scientific quality and viewer engagement.
- The comments section underneath some videos contained advertising and peer-to-peer medical advice.
- A total of 115 videos (77%) contained potentially misinformative and/or biased content within the video or comments section, with a total reach of >6 million viewers.
- For online health seekers there is too much invalid health information and they are pretty much left to determine what’s based on medical knowledge and what’s garbage.
The poor reliability of online health information
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