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Dry eye educational videos on Xiaohongshu uploaded by individual medical users demonstrate significantly higher quality, broader content coverage, and a lower prevalence of misleading information compared to those uploaded by non-medical users. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This study aims to evaluate the quality of dry eye educational videos on Xiaohongshu and examine differences between uploader types.

June 6, 2026Frontiers in MedicineOpen Access

Quality assessment of dry eye educational videos on Xiaohongshu and differences by uploader type

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SNShiyang NiuHarbin Medical University BHBing HanHarbin Medical University LXLiu XFuyang Normal University

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Cross-sectional study assesses dry eye video quality, highlighting differences by uploader type and content focus.

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This study aims to evaluate the quality of dry eye educational videos on Xiaohongshu and examine differences between uploader types.
Cross-sectional study design conducted on videos from Xiaohongshu's 'Video' section using the keyword '干眼'.
200 videos screened, 136 included after exclusion of duplicates, promotional, off-topic, and reposted content.
Video quality assessed using DISCERN, PEMAT-A/V, and Global Quality Score, with comparisons between medical and non-medical uploaders.
108 videos by non-medical users and 28 by medical users identified, with 87.5% focusing on lifestyle recommendations.
Non-medical videos had a higher rate of incorrect information (57.4% vs. 10.7%; OR = 11.23, 95% CI: 3.20–39.47).
Medical videos scored significantly higher in quality metrics (all p < 0.001) and had broader content coverage.

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Niu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a23b8f271a5da9775e74fbf https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2026.1868829

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