Reliability, Quality, and Educational Suitability of TikTok Videos as a Source of Information about Scoliosis Exercises : A Cross-Sectional Study

This study aimed to systematically assess the informational reliability, quality, and educational suitability of videos introducing scoliosis exercises on TikTok. We retrieved and screened 1904 TikTok videos with the hashtags: "#scoliosis", "#scoliosisexercise", and "#scoliosistips", before collecting a final sample of 171 scoliosis exercises in March 2022. Then, two independent raters assessed the reliability and quality of the videos using the DISCERN instrument and evaluated the educational suitability of the information using "Scoliosis Exercise Education Score" (SEES; exercise cycle, target, effect, precaution, and rationale). None of the videos were rated as excellent or good according to DISCERN. The mean SEES score was 2.02 out of 5. Videos uploaded by health organizations had significantly lower DISCERN and SEES scores than those by general users and healthcare professionals. Regarding the propriety of physiotherapeutic scoliosis-specific exercises (PSSE), DISCERN and SEES scores were significantly higher in the PSSE proper group than in the PSSE non-proper group. Although TikTok has become a popular source of scoliosis-related information, the overall information quality, reliability, and educational suitability of videos on scoliosis exercises in TikTok appear to be low, suggesting that TikTok is not suitable source for obtaining scoliosis exercise information.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) - 10(2022), 9 vom: 25. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jang, Chan Woong [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Myungsang [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Seong-Woong [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Han Eol [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Education
Exercise
Idiopathic scoliosis
Journal Article
PSSE
Tiktok

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Date Revised 28.09.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/healthcare10091622

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346576059