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September 10, 2025Frontiers in Digital HealthOpen Access

Videos in short-video sharing platforms as sources of information on osteoarthritis: cross-sectional content analysis study

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Cross-sectional study evaluates health education video content on TikTok, WeChat, and XiaoHongshu, highlighting differences in quality.

TikTok shows superior quality in osteoarthritis-related videos compared to WeChat and XiaoHongshu, indicating platform variation.
Mean DISCERN scores for TikTok videos reached 32.42, significantly higher than 24.57 for WeChat and 30.21 for XiaoHongshu.
Educational content from healthcare professionals received higher scores than that from non-professionals, stressing the importance of credible sources.
Health education through short-video platforms shows promise but requires critical evaluation of content by viewers.

Zhang et al. (2025) studied this question.

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