QUALITY AND COMPLIANCE OF VIDEO-BASED INFORMATION WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS TREATMENT GUIDELINES

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the current knee osteoarthritis (OA) information available on YouTube and to evaluate if these videos report information about core treatment methods in the current guidelines. Material and Methods: We searched for the keyword as "knee osteoarthritis" on YouTube. A total of 61 videos were evaluated and their quality, reliability and knee OA specific content were analyzed. Popularity of the videos and the number and kind of treatment recommendations were recorded. The videos were dichotomized into two groups according to their content if they were including core non-drug treatment methods or not. Results: The majority of the content was uploaded by health-care professionals (37.8 %) and exercise was the most recommended treatment method. Reliability and quality of the videos uploaded by healthcare professionals, academic and health-care organizations were higher than other sources (p<0.05). The academic and health-care organizations had the highest knee OA content score and health-care professionals had the highest popularity (p<0.05). Videos uploaded by physicians and physical therapists mostly included evidence-based non-drug treatment recommendations. Conclusion: Exercise and patient education were the main topics in knee OA-related videos. Patients can be referred to the videos uploaded by academic and healthcare organizations to obtain comprehensive information about knee OA.