Excessive recommendations on health screening in Korea: analysis of news media and Youtube content related to overdiagnosis.
Aim: Overdiagnosis has become a major concern with the widespread use of screening tests, leading to unnecessary treatments and financial damage. However, the concept of overdiagnosis is difficult to convey to the public, and misinformation may be prevalent, especially through online platforms. This...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) Vol. 33; no. 9; pp. 1963 - 1971 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=187497984&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 187497984 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 21981833 NENI jtl: Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) issn: 21981833 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2025 vid: 33 iid: 9 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 187497984 10.1007/s10389-023-02182-y ppf: 1963 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: Excessive recommendations on health screening in Korea: analysis of news media and Youtube content related to overdiagnosis. aug: au: Kang, EunKyo Ju, HyoRim Kim, Soojeong Choi, Juyoung affil: https://ror.org/02tsanh21 Department of Family Medicine, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea https://ror.org/02tsanh21 National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, 323 Ilsan-Ro, Ilsandong-Gu, 10408, Goyang-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea https://ror.org/05v0qpv28 Department of Family Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-Do, Korea https://ror.org/04h9pn542 Department of Biomedical Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea su: South Korea Social media Content analysis Misinformation Medical screening Medical care costs Press criticism Net losses Overdiagnosis Unnecessary surgery Research funding Descriptive statistics Content mining Comparative studies Algorithms sug: subj: Social media Content analysis Misinformation Medical screening Medical care costs South Korea All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services Press criticism Net losses Overdiagnosis Unnecessary surgery Research funding Descriptive statistics Content mining Comparative studies Algorithms keyword: Cancer screening Excessive recommendations Health screening News analysis YouTube Cancer screening Excessive recommendations Health screening News analysis YouTube ab: Aim: Overdiagnosis has become a major concern with the widespread use of screening tests, leading to unnecessary treatments and financial damage. However, the concept of overdiagnosis is difficult to convey to the public, and misinformation may be prevalent, especially through online platforms. This study aimed to analyze the news media and YouTube content related to overdiagnosis to determine the current state of misinformation and to provide a basis for controlling overdiagnosis-related information provision. Methods: News articles were collected from ten media outlets and three broadcast media, while YouTube videos (published in 2005–2022) with over a thousand views were selected using the keyword "geomjin" (health screening). LDA topic modeling was used to examine the news data, and the chi-square test was performed to analyze the differences in video content by source. Results: The analysis of 268 YouTube videos showed that more than 75% of the videos recommended necessary screening. However, recommendation of screening despite insufficient evidence was found in 43.3% of all videos and showed a particularly high rate among the videos published by individual medical professionals or medical institutions (p < 0.001). Among the videos promoting screenings, 38.8% also recommended screenings to age groups that are not shown to benefit from them. In the news articles, the topic with the highest proportion (29.2%) was the "necessity of extensive and comprehensive health screening." Conclusion: The prevalence of excessive recommendations by healthcare professionals through news and YouTube in Korea highlights the need for communicating accurate medical information and effective policies to prevent overdiagnosis. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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