Evaluation of YouTube Videos Quality of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Anesthesia

Introduction: To evaluate the quality of YouTube videos on pediatric cardiac surgery anesthesia (PCSA). Methods: The keywords including, "PCSA", "pediatric cardiac surgery", and "pediatric anesthesia" were browsed on YouTube between January 1st, 2023 and January 10th, 2023. Video characteristics were recorded. The modified DISCERN instrument, the Global Quality Score (GQS), and the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) were used to evaluate the quality of the videos. The videos were divided into two groups as professionals (doctor, nurse, hospital, etc.) and non-professional (patient, non-health institutions, etc.) according to the upload source. Results: A total 82 of the videos were included in the study. Fifty-six (68.3%) videos were uploaded by professional sources and 26 (31.7%) were by non-professional sources. Statistically, the average like of the videos uploaded by professional sources were significantly higher (64.0 and 29.0, p=0.005). The average number of comments on professionally sourced videos was 46.0, and it was 30.0 for non-professional videos (p=0.015). The GQS was 3.7 +/- 1.0 for professional videos and 2.2 +/- 0.8 for non-professional videos (p=0.001). The Modified DISCERN score was found to be significantly higher in the professional videos (p=0.001). The PEMAT score was above 70% in 50 (89.3%) videos in the professional video group and 12 (46.1%) videos in the non-professional video group (p=0.001). Conclusion: Our findings revealed that professional videos about PCSA had significantly higher "likes" number and comments rate and YouTube videos about PCSA, which were shared by professional healthcare providers had significantly higher modified DISCERN score, GQS, and PEMAT score.