Less than half of the videos about allergic rhinitis posted on YouTube provided useful information, with more than one-third classified by researchers as misleading, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
However, the online platform could be a reliable resource for patient education when content meets specific criteria, Celine Lund-Nielsen Remvig, BSc, research assistant with the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, and colleagues wrote in the study.
According to the researchers, patients have a growing interest in