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TikTok and adolescent vision health: Content and information quality assessment of the top short videos related to myopia

Shuai Ming, Jie Han, Meng Li, Yan Liu, Kunpeng Xie, Lei Bo

Frontiers in Public Health · 2023

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Summary

Background: Despite the increasing recognition of the public health value of social media platforms, TikTok short videos focusing on adolescent vision health have not received much attention. We aimed to evaluate the content, sources, and information quality of myopia-related videos on TikTok. Methods: The top 200 most-liked myopia-related videos on the Chinese version of TikTok were queried and screened on March 12, 2022. The descriptive characteristics, contents, and sources of the selected 168 videos were obtained, and their overall quality, reliability, understandability, and actionability were assessed using the validated scoring instruments DISCERN and PEMAT-A/V. Results: = 0.024). Conclusion: Considering the moderate-to-poor reliability and variable quality across video sources, the

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.3389/fpubh.2022.1068582
Catalogue ID
SNmojad31l-dnt7on
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