Evaluating the Content and Quality of Videos Related to Hypertrophic Scarring on TikTok in China: Cross-Sectional Study.
Background: Hypertrophic scars (HTSs) are a predominant condition after burns and trauma, and it causes severe physiological and psychological problems. TikTok (Douyin in Chinese), a popular platform for sharing short videos, has shown the potential to spread health information, including informatio...
| Publicado en: | JMIR Infodemiology Vol. 5; pp. 1 - 20 |
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JMIR Publications Inc.
2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=191613529&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 191613529 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 25641891 N1MT jtl: JMIR Infodemiology issn: 25641891 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2025 vid: 5 pid: 21567 pub: JMIR Publications Inc. place: Toronto, Ontario artinfo: ui: 191613529 191613529 191613529 10.2196/64792 191613529 ppf: 1 ppct: 19 formats: tig: atl: Evaluating the Content and Quality of Videos Related to Hypertrophic Scarring on TikTok in China: Cross-Sectional Study. aug: au: Wang, Jiangkun Xu, Kai Wu, Juanjuan Liang, Wen Qiu, Weiming Wang, Song affil: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, General Hospital of Central Theater Command, Wuhan, China sug: subj: Social Media Utilization Cicatrix, Hypertrophic Videorecording Standards Communication Methods Consumer Health Information Evaluation Quality of Health Care Evaluation Human Funding Source China Cross Sectional Studies Content Analysis Questionnaires Descriptive Statistics Comparative Studies Data Analysis Software Correlational Studies Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient Pearson's Correlation Coefficient American Medical Association Information Seeking Behavior Health Personnel Cicatrix, Hypertrophic Epidemiology Cicatrix, Hypertrophic Risk Factors Risk Assessment Early Diagnosis ab: Background: Hypertrophic scars (HTSs) are a predominant condition after burns and trauma, and it causes severe physiological and psychological problems. TikTok (Douyin in Chinese), a popular platform for sharing short videos, has shown the potential to spread health information, including information related to HTSs. Educating the public to obtain correct information is important to reduce the incidence of physiological and psychological problems caused by HTSs. However, the quality and reliability of HTS-related video content on TikTok in mainland China have not been thoroughly studied. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the content and quality of short videos related to HTSs on the Chinese version of TikTok (Douyin) and explore the factors related to their quality, providing valuable insights for health information dissemination. Methods: We collected a sample of 153 TikTok videos in Chinese related to HTSs and categorized them according to video source and content. We evaluated the video content using a coding schema, and a hexagonal radar schema was used to intuitively display the spotlight and weight of each aspect of the videos. We evaluated quality using 4 standardized tools: the modified DISCERN (mDISCERN) questionnaire, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Global Quality Scale (GQS), and the Health on the Net Foundation Code of Conduct. We also explored the potential relationship between video quality and characteristics. Results: The analysis showed that health care professionals uploaded all videos about treating HTSs, which matched the hexagonal radar model analysis findings. The quality assessment scores for the Journal of the American Medical Association, GQS, mDISCERN, and the Health on the Net Foundation Code of Conduct had median values of 1 (IQR 1-2), 2 (IQR 2-3), 2 (IQR 2-3), and 3 (IQR 3-4), respectively, indicating a need to improve the quality and reliability of videos on HTSs. In addition, high-quality videos were more popular, based on metrics such as likes, comments, favorites, and shares (P <.001). Interestingly, the time when the videos were uploaded positively correlated with GQS and mDISCERN scores (r =0.393; P <.001 and r =0.273; P <.001), while the video length did not significantly correlate with evaluation scores (P =.78, P =.20, P =.07, and P =.04). Conclusions: The quality of TikTok videos related to HTSs is generally moderate. Users should exercise caution when seeking information on HTSs from TikTok. It is advisable to choose videos uploaded by health care professionals from the burn department and the burn plastic surgery department, and in the Chinese context, those produced in first-tier cities and emerging first-tier cities. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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