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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 98-B, Issue SUPP_10 | Pages 112 - 112
1 May 2016
Koller U Waldstein W Schatz K Windhager R
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Background

Online video is increasingly becoming a key source for people to satisfy their information needs. YouTube is one of the post popular websites used for information exchange, with more than one billion unique visitors every month.

Questions/purposes

In an attempt to participate in personal health decisions related to hip arthritis, patients may access YouTube for further information. As YouTube is a non peer-reviewed platform and little is known about the quality of available videos. We therefore asked the following research questions: (1) What is the information quality of YouTube videos related to the diagnosis of hip arthritis and (2) what information for the treatment of hip arthritis can be found on YouTube?