Are dental x-rays safe? Content analysis of English and Chinese YouTube videos
Objective This study provided a content analysis of English and Chinese YouTube videos related to dental radiation safety. Method The search string, entered in English and Chinese respectively, was: (dental x-ray safe). The searches were performed and exported with Apify YouTube scraper. By screenin...
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| author | Andy Wai Kan Yeung Emil D Parvanov Jarosław Olav Horbańczuk Maria Kletecka-Pulker Oliver Kimberger Harald Willschke Atanas G Atanasov |
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| description | Objective This study provided a content analysis of English and Chinese YouTube videos related to dental radiation safety. Method The search string, entered in English and Chinese respectively, was: (dental x-ray safe). The searches were performed and exported with Apify YouTube scraper. By screening the resultant videos and their related videos (as recommended by YouTube), a total of 89 videos were screened. Finally, 45 videos (36 English and nine Chinese) were included and analyzed. The specific information regarding dental radiation was evaluated. The Patient Education Material Assessment Tool for Audiovisual Materials was used to assess understandability and actionability. Results There was no significant difference between the English and Chinese videos in terms of view count, like count, comment count, and video duration. Half of the videos explicitly reassured the audience that dental x-rays are safe. Two of the English videos specifically stated that dental x-rays do not cause cancers. Numerous analogies were made in regard to radiation dose, such as equivalence to taking a flight or eating some bananas. About 41.7% of the English videos and 33.3% of the Chinese videos mentioned that patients could be further protected from scatter radiation by wearing a lead apron and thyroid collar. Videos had a good understandability score (91.3) but a poor actionability score (0). Conclusions Some of the analogies and the claimed radiation dose were questionable. One Chinese video even wrongly stated that dental x-rays are nonionizing radiation. The videos generally did not mention their information sources or the underlying radiation protection principles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c4b4f73e125a4297a95e2e5eb36596102023-06-01T13:03:26ZengSAGE PublishingDigital Health2055-20762023-06-01910.1177/20552076231179053Are dental x-rays safe? Content analysis of English and Chinese YouTube videosAndy Wai Kan Yeung0Emil D Parvanov1Jarosław Olav Horbańczuk2Maria Kletecka-Pulker3Oliver Kimberger4Harald Willschke5Atanas G Atanasov6 , Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Department of Translational Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute of the Medical University of Varna, Varna, Bulgaria , Jastrzebiec, Magdalenka, Poland Institute for Ethics and Law in Medicine, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria , Jastrzebiec, Magdalenka, PolandObjective This study provided a content analysis of English and Chinese YouTube videos related to dental radiation safety. Method The search string, entered in English and Chinese respectively, was: (dental x-ray safe). The searches were performed and exported with Apify YouTube scraper. By screening the resultant videos and their related videos (as recommended by YouTube), a total of 89 videos were screened. Finally, 45 videos (36 English and nine Chinese) were included and analyzed. The specific information regarding dental radiation was evaluated. The Patient Education Material Assessment Tool for Audiovisual Materials was used to assess understandability and actionability. Results There was no significant difference between the English and Chinese videos in terms of view count, like count, comment count, and video duration. Half of the videos explicitly reassured the audience that dental x-rays are safe. Two of the English videos specifically stated that dental x-rays do not cause cancers. Numerous analogies were made in regard to radiation dose, such as equivalence to taking a flight or eating some bananas. About 41.7% of the English videos and 33.3% of the Chinese videos mentioned that patients could be further protected from scatter radiation by wearing a lead apron and thyroid collar. Videos had a good understandability score (91.3) but a poor actionability score (0). Conclusions Some of the analogies and the claimed radiation dose were questionable. One Chinese video even wrongly stated that dental x-rays are nonionizing radiation. The videos generally did not mention their information sources or the underlying radiation protection principles.https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076231179053 |
| spellingShingle | Andy Wai Kan Yeung Emil D Parvanov Jarosław Olav Horbańczuk Maria Kletecka-Pulker Oliver Kimberger Harald Willschke Atanas G Atanasov Are dental x-rays safe? Content analysis of English and Chinese YouTube videos Digital Health |
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| title_short | Are dental x-rays safe? Content analysis of English and Chinese YouTube videos |
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