YouTube as a source of information: How good is the quality and reliability of videos related to obsessive compulsive disorder?

Objective: YouTube (Google LLC, Mountain View, CA, USA), an online video-sharing platform, has become a resource for health information. However, the quality of information presented to viewers is not well known. This study examination quantitative and qualitative characteristics videos related obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) provides analysis data number views relationship between popularity OCD. Method: was qualitative, cross-sectional study. A total 131 English-language OCD available on were reviewed. The DISCERN questionnaire, Global Quality Scale (GQS), OCD-Specific Score instrument used evaluate videos. Details length videos, views, likes/ dislikes, time since upload analyzed. Results: source most often psychiatrist/psychologist (n=63, 48.1%), followed by educational course (n=21, 16%), patients/relatives (n=16, 12.2%). Most low quality. ratings indicated that only 36.6% fair quality, GQS assessment revealed 27.5% scored ≥3 points. Conclusion: OCD-related video content reviewed largely inadequate. Information disease distinction symptoms, as treatment options, insufficient. widely resource. Greater participation mental professionals could help ensure access high OCD, which be great benefit patients public.