How Useful Is TikTok for Patients Searching for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome-Related Treatment Exercises?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Search Strategy and Data Collection
2.2. Scoring System
2.3. DISCERN for Reliability and Quality Assessment
2.4. CTEES for Educational Suitability Assessment
2.5. Global Quality Scale (GQS) for Assessing the Overall Quality
2.6. Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA)
2.7. Video Assessment
2.8. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Basic Characteristics
3.2. Types of Uploaders
3.3. DISCERN Scores
3.4. CTEES
3.5. JAMA and GQS Scores
3.6. Total DISCERN Grading
3.7. Interobserver Reliability
4. Discussion
4.1. DISCERN, JAMA, and GQS Grading
4.2. CTEES
4.3. Uploaders
4.4. Comparison with Previous Research
4.5. Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Scoring, Median (IQR) | Total (n = 101) | Healthcare Professionals (n = 73) | General Users (n = 28) |
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Number of views | 17,800.0 (4371.0–70,700.0) | 17,500.0 (4066.0–70,700.0) | 30,250.0 (6517.5–72,125.0) |
Likes | 735.0 (150.0–2810.0) | 724.0 (150.0–2808.0) | 803.0 (184.3–3072.0) |
Comments | 14.0 (2.0–51.0) | 17.0 (2.0–51.0) | 10.5 (3.5–45.8) |
Favorites | 135.0 (38.0–605.0) | 126.0 (38.0–605.0) | 209.0 (44.0–485.0) |
Shares | 88.0 (18.0–482.0) | 109.0 (18.0–482.0) | 56.5 (18.8–467.0) |
Scoring, Mean (SD) | Total (n = 101) | Healthcare Professionals (n = 73) | General Users (n = 28) | p Value |
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DISCERN 1 | 16.28 (1.65) | 17.12 (1.29) | 15.04 (1.51) | <0.001 |
Reliable? | 3.50 (0.75) | 3.90 (0.29) | 2.46 (0.57) | <0.001 |
Achieve aims? | 3.02 (0.46) | 3.11 (0.46) | 2.79 (0.36) | <0.001 |
Relevant? | 3.00 (0.30) | 3.05 (0.28) | 2.89 (0.34) | <0.001 |
Clear on sources of info? | 1.03 (0.21) | 1.04 (0.24) | 1.00 (0.00) | NA |
Clear on when info was published? | 1.00 (0.11) | 1.01 (0.13) | 1.00 (0.00) | NA |
Balanced and unbiased? | 2.79 (0.39) | 2.80 (0.39) | 2.77 (0.39) | 0.730 |
Details for additional info? | 1.04 (0.25) | 1.05 (0.29) | 1.00 (0.00) | NA |
Address areas of uncertainty? | 1.15 (0.44) | 1.16 (0.45) | 1.13 (0.41) | 0.759 |
DISCERN 2 | 11.07 (2.55) | 11.08 (2.51) | 11.05 (2.66) | 0.958 |
How treatment works? | 1.59 (0.95) | 1.60 (0.96) | 1.55 (0.91) | 0.813 |
Benefits of each? | 1.32 (0.71) | 1.32 (0.71) | 1.32 (0.70) | 1.000 |
Risks of each? | 1.04 (0.24) | 1.05 (0.28) | 1.00 (0.00) | NA |
Risks of no treatment? | 1.03 (0.21) | 1.01 (0.08) | 1.07 (0.37) | 0.191 |
Quality of life effect? | 1.06 (0.26) | 1.04 (0.22) | 1.11 (0.34) | 0.226 |
More than one treatment possible? | 2.49 (0.88) | 2.45 (0.88) | 2.59 (0.88) | 0.476 |
Support shared decision making? | 2.54 (0.74) | 2.60 (0.73) | 2.41 (0.73) | 0.245 |
DISCERN 3 | 2.32 (0.66) | 2.37 (0.66) | 2.20 (0.65) | 0.247 |
Total DISCERN | 29.94 (4.21) | 30.58 (4.02) | 28.29 (4.24) | 0.013 |
Scoring, Mean (SD) | Total (n = 101) | Healthcare Professionals (n = 73) | General Users (n = 28) | p Value |
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CTEES | 6.11 (4.35) | 5.99 (4.41) | 6.43 (4.16) | 0.650 |
Does it describe exercise cycle? | 2.85 (0.60) | 2.81 (0.67) | 2.95 (0.39) | 0.302 |
Does it describe target of cycle? | 1.15 (1.38) | 1.20 (1.40) | 1.00 (1.33) | 0.516 |
Does it describe effect of exercise? | 1.09 (1.33) | 1.05 (1.37) | 1.21 (1.21) | 0.589 |
Does it describe precautions? | 0.22 (0.70) | 0.19 (0.61) | 0.30 (0.90) | 0.482 |
Does it explain exercise rationale? | 0.80 (1.29) | 0.74 (1.29) | 0.96 (1.29) | 0.445 |
Scoring, Mean (SD) | Total (n = 101) | Healthcare Professionals (n = 73) | General Users (n = 28) | p Value |
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JAMA | 2.05 (0.23) | 2.03 (0.17) | 2.09 (0.33) | 0.234 |
Authorship | 1.00 (0.00) | 1.00 (0.00) | 1.00 (0.00) | NA |
Attribution | 0.04 (0.20) | 0.03 (0.16) | 0.07 (0.26) | 0.352 |
Disclosure | 0.01 (0.07) | 0.01 (0.06) | 0.02 (0.09) | 0.519 |
Currency | 1.00 (0.00) | 1.00 (0.00) | 1.00 (0.00) | NA |
GQS | 2.74 (0.63) | 2.78 (0.65) | 2.63 (0.58) | 0.288 |
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Briggs, D.V.; Anastasio, A.T.; Bethell, M.A.; Taylor, J.R.; Richard, M.J.; Klifto, C.S. How Useful Is TikTok for Patients Searching for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome-Related Treatment Exercises? Healthcare 2024, 12, 1697. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12171697
Briggs DV, Anastasio AT, Bethell MA, Taylor JR, Richard MJ, Klifto CS. How Useful Is TikTok for Patients Searching for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome-Related Treatment Exercises? Healthcare. 2024; 12(17):1697. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12171697
Chicago/Turabian StyleBriggs, Damon V., Albert T. Anastasio, Mikhail A. Bethell, Joshua R. Taylor, Marc J. Richard, and Christopher S. Klifto. 2024. "How Useful Is TikTok for Patients Searching for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome-Related Treatment Exercises?" Healthcare 12, no. 17: 1697. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12171697