Medical Misinformation and Quality of Public Video Content on Cannabis for Chronic Pain Management: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the YouTube Platform
This study suggests a moderate quality of YouTube content on cannabis use for chronic pain. Given cannabis's growing popularity and potential for misinformation on popular social media platforms, healthcare professionals and organizations should consider uploading educational videos on this topic on YouTube.
Authors
- Jane Onyemachi
- Ryan S. D’Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4601-9837)
- M Greer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9475-3520)
- Jay P. Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8931-3924)
- Youshaa El-Abed
- Nasir Hussain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0353-1002)
- Henry Tran
- Thomas P. Pittelkow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6048-2019)
- Bright Etumuse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3715-9990)
- Sai Kamma
Institutions
- Howard University (US)
- Kansas City University (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
- The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pain Research
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/jpr.s479200
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.69