2nd International Conference on Ophthalmology & Vision Science
August 04, 2025 | Virtual Event
Selcan Ekicier Acar
Ankara Atatürk Sanatory Training and Research Hospital,, Turkey
Increasing the accessibility of internet resources YouTube has started to be used frequently for
accessing medical information. The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality and reliability of
videos about cataracts. In this study, Youtube search was performed using the keyword “Cataract”.
The basic features of the videos, such as the number of days online, the video duration
(minutes), video sources, number of views and number of likes were recorded. Evaluation of
the videos was made with the benchmark criteria of DISCERN, Global Quality Scale (GQS)
and Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). A total of 100 videos were scanned
and 79 videos matching the criteria were included in the study. When analyzed according
to their sources, the groups were as follows: Doctors (n=26; 32.9%), health institutions (n=41;
51.8%), social media platforms containing health information (n=12; 15.1%).According to the
quality classification, 58% of all videos were high quality, 32.1% medium quality, 7.4% low quality.
As a source of medical information, Youtube is a risky platform to reach precise and accurate
information. More than half of his videos are of high quality. However, patients should
be careful when using Youtube as a source of information due to the presence of low quality
videos and the lack of difference between their basic features.
Selcan Ekicier ACAR obtained a Medical Degree in 2012 from Hacettepe University and finished an ophthalmology
residency at Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital. She is pursuing postdoctoral research in the
Bioengineering Department at Hacettepe University. She is employed as an ophthalmologist with a specialized
focus on ocular surface, cornea, cataract surgery, stem cells, and biomaterials.