title: YouTube as a source of useful information on diabetes foot care.
abstract: Diabetes foot care related videos were identified in YouTube to assess their usefulness as a source of information. Two physician reviewers evaluated the videos and categorized those as very-useful (11.2%), moderately-useful (14.6%), somewhat-useful (24.7%) and not-useful (49.4%). YouTube videos on diabetes foot-care contained a variety of content ranging from very useful to not useful.
authors: Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
authors: Tasnima
authors: T
authors: Abedin
authors: Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
authors: Salim
authors: S
authors: Ahmed
authors: Department of Public Health, General Directorate of Health Affairs in Tabuk Region, Ministry of Health, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Mohammad
authors: M
authors: Al Mamun
authors: Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
authors: Syed Walid
authors: SW
authors: Ahmed
authors: Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
authors: Sanjida
authors: S
authors: Newaz
authors: Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
authors: Nahid
authors: N
authors: Rumana
authors: Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. Electronic address: turin.chowdhury@ucalgary.ca.
authors: Tanvir C
authors: TC
authors: Turin
mesh_terms: D000068598:Data Accuracy; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D061108:Social Media / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014741:Video Recording
keywords: Diabetes; Foot-care; Video; YouTube