Evaluation of the Quality and Reliability of Breathing Exercise Videos for Anxiety Management on YouTube

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Medium- and high-quality YouTube videos demonstrating breathing exercises for anxiety management receive significantly more user engagement (views, likes, and comments) and have better presentation quality compared to low-quality videos. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Şule Şirin Berk; Hatice Şahin

doi:10.47493/abantmedj.1838335

August 28, 2026Abant Medical JournalOpen Access

Evaluation of the Quality and Reliability of Breathing Exercise Videos for Anxiety Management on YouTube

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To systematically evaluate the content characteristics, scientific quality, and reliability of YouTube videos demonstrating breathing exercises for anxiety management.
Conducted a descriptive cross-sectional evaluation of 60 out of 134 YouTube videos identified in 2025 using predefined search terms.
Extracted engagement metrics (views, likes, comments, daily view rate), presentation quality, narrator type, and instructional content components.
Assessed scientific quality and reliability using the JAMA benchmark criteria, modified DISCERN (mDISCERN), and the Global Quality Scale (GQS).
Videos classified as medium and high quality demonstrated significantly higher numbers of views, likes, comments, and presentation quality scores than low-quality videos.

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Cross-sectional study assesses breathing exercise videos for anxiety on YouTube, revealing that higher-quality content achieves significantly greater viewer engagement.

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