bims-librar Biomed News
on Biomedical librarianship
Issue of 2022‒10‒30
twelve papers selected by
Thomas Krichel
Open Library Society
  1. Celebrating 75 years of the Health Libraries Group.
  2. Scent of knowledge: The molecular fingerprint of volatiles in an emblematic historical library in Italy.
  3. PubChem 2023 update.
  4. Search queries related to COVID-19 based on keyword extraction.
  5. Readability and Non-English Language Resources of Heart Transplant Center Websites in the United States.
  6. Quality Assessment of Hypertension Treatment-Related Information on WeChat: Cross-sectional Study.
  7. Evaluation of the Quality of Information Available on the Internet Regarding Chronic Ankle Instability.
  8. Assessment of videos related to lung nodules in China.
  9. YouTube: Is It a Reliable Source of Nutrition Information on COVID-19 Pandemic?
  10. Assessment of the Medical Reliability of Videos on Social Media: Detailed Analysis of the Quality and Usability of Four Social Media Platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube).
  11. Educational Quality of YouTube Cholesteatoma Surgery Videos: Areas for Improvement.
  12. The Quality, Reliability, and Accuracy of Videos Regarding Exercises and Management for Dysphagia in Pediatric Populations Uploaded on YouTube.
  1. Health Info Libr J. 2022 Oct 23.
    Celebrating 75 years of the Health Libraries Group.
    Maria J Grant.
      To mark the CILIP Health Libraries Group celebrations of their 75th anniversary, this year's Virtual Issue brings together Health Information and Libraries Journal manuscripts that have been particularly influential or generated most interest in our readers, or represent a significant event in the journal's own history, while still having relevance to contemporary health library and knowledge service practice.
    Keywords:  collaboration; dissertations; higher education; interviews; learning; librarians, international; libraries, health care; libraries, primary health care; questionnaires; reflective practice; review, literature; surveys; teaching
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12459
  2. Indoor Air. 2022 Oct;32(10): e13139
    Scent of knowledge: The molecular fingerprint of volatiles in an emblematic historical library in Italy.
    Teresa Cecchi.
      Heritage guidelines recognize odors as a value associated with a place. This study aims to clarify the connection between heritage and volatile organic compounds at the molecular level. At variance with previous studies, usually focused only on book-related compounds from accelerated degradation tests, the whole air of one of the most significant historical libraries in Italy was studied. A sampling of the volatiles off-gassing from the two most iconic rooms, respectively open and forbidden to visitors, was performed via a non-invasive, nondestructive green method, solid-phase-micro-extraction. The gas-chromatographic analyses resulted in the appraisal of olfactory contributions from books, storage environment, and, for the first time, anthropic activities and pollution.Concerning the paper decay process, for the very first time, the presence of 2-ethyl-1-hexanol in the chromatographic signature of the library air is rationalized according to the Guerbet reaction. The presence of all other compounds is explained by the paper decay process, anthropic sources, and pollution. Indoor air comprises analytes related to paper decay, identified by previous studies, and additional compounds never found before.Most volatile compounds are aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, aldehydes, alcohols, terpenes, and terpenoids. Odor contributions from a selected number of analytes were pinpointed. Alkanes dominate the volatiles chromatographic signature, and impart a slight hydrocarbon smell. Aromatics supplement their characteristic aromatic odor. Aldehydes' very low odor threshold makes them strongly contribute to both fruity and fatty descriptors. Benzaldehyde, furfural, vanillin, and camphor add, respectively, an hint of almond, bread, vanilla, and camphor. Alcohols such as 2-ethyl hexanol have a floral scent. Wood-related terpenes and terpenoids contribute to the woody smell of the library.The digital molecular fingerprint of the "scent of knowledge" enables documentation, conservation, and future chemical reproduction of the historical library odor.
    Keywords:  SPME-GC-MS; VOCs; ancient books; indoor air; library; paper degradation
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.13139
  3. Nucleic Acids Res. 2022 Oct 28. pii: gkac956. [Epub ahead of print]
    PubChem 2023 update.
    Sunghwan Kim, Jie Chen, Tiejun Cheng, Asta Gindulyte, Jia He, Siqian He, Qingliang Li, Benjamin A Shoemaker, Paul A Thiessen, Bo Yu, Leonid Zaslavsky, Jian Zhang, Evan E Bolton.
      PubChem (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) is a popular chemical information resource that serves a wide range of use cases. In the past two years, a number of changes were made to PubChem. Data from more than 120 data sources was added to PubChem. Some major highlights include: the integration of Google Patents data into PubChem, which greatly expanded the coverage of the PubChem Patent data collection; the creation of the Cell Line and Taxonomy data collections, which provide quick and easy access to chemical information for a given cell line and taxon, respectively; and the update of the bioassay data model. In addition, new functionalities were added to the PubChem programmatic access protocols, PUG-REST and PUG-View, including support for target-centric data download for a given protein, gene, pathway, cell line, and taxon and the addition of the 'standardize' option to PUG-REST, which returns the standardized form of an input chemical structure. A significant update was also made to PubChemRDF. The present paper provides an overview of these changes.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkac956
  4. Procedia Comput Sci. 2022 ;207 2618-2627
    Search queries related to COVID-19 based on keyword extraction.
    Lívia Kelebercová, Michal Munk.
      Background: : Pandemic COVID-19 caused an infodemic - massive spread of true and fake information about novel coronavirus. This study aims to present the possibility of using Keyword Extraction as a tool to obtain the most trending search queries related to COVID-19 and analyze the possibility of including their search volume in models for the prediction of fake news.Methods: : The study used Python implementation of the machine learning-based technique KeyBERT to extract keywords from true and fake news. These keywords were used in the next step to obtain related search queries with Google Trends API.
    Results: : Non-parametric Spearman Rank Order Correlation was identified as a statistically positive correlation (p < 0.001) between the occurrence of false news and top query / rising query metrics provided by Google Trends of queries related to extracted keywords pandemic, HIV, lockdown, plague, Michigan, and protest, which proves that search volume can identify fake news.
    Conclusions: : Experiments done in this research proved that Keyword Extraction from false news is useful for obtaining related search queries and the top query and rising query metrics can be used to increase the accuracy of fake news prediction models.
    Keywords:  Fake News Detection; Google Trends; Keyword Extraction; Natural Language Processing
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2022.09.320
  5. J Card Fail. 2022 Oct 22. pii: S1071-9164(22)01169-1. [Epub ahead of print]
    Readability and Non-English Language Resources of Heart Transplant Center Websites in the United States.
    James W Stewart, Shannon Zoulek, Sheehan Hussain, Varun G Kathawate, Valeria Valbuena, Sidra Bonner, Michael Thompson, Geoffrey D Barnes, Donald S Likosky, Keith Aaronson, Monica M Colvin, Khadijah Breathett, Thomas Cascino.
      INTRODUCTION: Health literacy is associated with heart failure (HF) care and outcomes. Online resources offer important educational materials for patients seeking access to heart transplantation but tend to be complex and potentially ineffective for non-English speakers and those with low reading levels. The purpose of this study was to evaluate both the readability of patient-level information posted on United States (U.S.) heart transplant center websites and the availability of non-English resources.METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed a review of patient-facing information on websites of U.S. heart transplant centers identified through the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) in August 2022. Written English text was extracted and assessed for readability using the Fry Readability score. Websites were additionally evaluated for non-English language text and translator tools. Standard ANOVA analysis was used to compare readability levels across transplant regions. The median Fry readability level to understand a piece of text for all regions was 15, which is equivalent to a college junior reading level (range: 7-17, 7th grade to postgraduate level). There was no statistical difference in median Fry readability levels between regions (p = 0.16). Of the 139 eligible heart transplant center websites, only 56.1% (78/139) had non-English resources available for patients. Regions 5 (75% (15/20)) and 6 (75% (3/4)) had the highest percentage of non-English resources and region 2 had the lowest (38% (6/16)).
    CONCLUSIONS: Heart transplant center online resources are inadequate, and many do not provide translations beyond the English language. Additional work is needed to standardize heart transplant patient information for a diverse U.S.
    PATIENT POPULATION:
    Keywords:  Health literacy; Heart transplant; Non-English; Readability; Websites
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.09.016
  6. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Oct 26. 24(10): e38567
    Quality Assessment of Hypertension Treatment-Related Information on WeChat: Cross-sectional Study.
    Yuting Yang, Mengchi Hou, Xue Gong, Rui Guo, Xing Lin Feng, Rui Tian.
      BACKGROUND: The WeChat platform has become a primary source for medical information in China. However, no study has been conducted to explore the quality of information on WeChat for the treatment of hypertension, the leading chronic condition.OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore the quality of information in articles on WeChat that are related to hypertension treatment from the aspects of credibility, concreteness, accuracy, and completeness.
    METHODS: We searched for all information related to hypertension treatment on WeChat based on several inclusion and exclusion criteria. We used 2 tools to evaluate information quality, and 2 independent reviewers performed the assessment with the 2 tools separately. First, we adopted the DISCERN instrument to assess the credibility and concreteness of the treatment information, with the outcomes classified into five grades: excellent, good, fair, poor, and very poor. Second, we applied the Chinese Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension (2018 edition) to evaluate the accuracy and completeness of the article information with regard to specific medical content. Third, we combined the results from the 2 assessments to arrive at the overall quality of the articles and explored the differences between, and associations of, the 2 independent assessments.
    RESULTS: Of the 223 articles that were retrieved, 130 (58.3%) full texts were included. Of these 130 articles, 81 (62.3%) described therapeutic measures for hypertension. The assessment based on the DISCERN instrument reported a mean score of 31.22 (SD 8.46). There were no articles rated excellent (mean score >63); most (111/130, 85.4%) of the articles did not refer to the consequences-in particular, quality of life-of no treatment. For specific medical content, adherence to the Chinese Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension was generally low in terms of accuracy and completeness, and there was much erroneous information. The overall mean quality score was 10.18 (SD 2.22) for the 130 articles, and the scores differed significantly across the 3 types (P=.03) and 5 sources (P=.02). Articles with references achieved higher scores for quality than those reporting none (P<.001). The results from the DISCERN assessment and the medical content scores were highly correlated (ρ=0.58; P<.001).
    CONCLUSIONS: The quality of hypertension treatment-related information on the WeChat platform is low. Future work is warranted to regulate information sources and strengthen references. For the treatment of hypertension, crucial information on the consequences of no treatment is urgently needed.
    Keywords:  DISCERN instrument; WeChat; hypertension; quality assessment
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.2196/38567
  7. Medicina (Kaunas). 2022 Sep 20. pii: 1315. [Epub ahead of print]58(10):
    Evaluation of the Quality of Information Available on the Internet Regarding Chronic Ankle Instability.
    Sung-Joon Yoon, Jun-Bum Kim, Ki-Jin Jung, Hee-Jun Chang, Yong-Cheol Hong, Chang-Hwa Hong, Byung-Ryul Lee, Eui-Dong Yeo, Hong-Seop Lee, Sung-Hun Won, Jae-Young Ji, Dhong-Won Lee, Woo-Jong Kim.
      Background and objectives: Most Koreans obtain medical information from the Internet. Despite the vast amount of information available, there is a possibility that patients acquire false information or are dissatisfied. Chronic ankle instability (CAI) is one of the most common sports injuries that develops after an ankle sprain. Although the information available on the Internet related to CAI has been evaluated in other countries, such studies have not been conducted in Korea. Materials and Methods: The key term "chronic ankle instability" was searched on the three most commonly used search engines in Korea. The top 150 website results were classified into university hospital, private hospital, commercial, non-commercial, and unspecified websites by a single investigator. The websites were rated according to the quality of information using the DISCERN instrument, accuracy score, and exhaustivity score. Results: Of the 150 websites, 96 were included in the analysis. University and private hospital websites had significantly higher DISCERN, accuracy, and exhaustivity scores compared to the other websites. Conclusions: Accurate medical information is essential for improving patient satisfaction and treatment outcomes. The quality of websites should be improved to provide high-quality medical information to patients, which can be facilitated by doctors.
    Keywords:  Internet medical information; chronic ankle instability; website assessment
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58101315
  8. Front Surg. 2022 ;9 1019212
    Assessment of videos related to lung nodules in China.
    Jiajun Han, Yifan Shi, Haitao Ma.
      Background: With the popularization of mobile phones and the development of the Internet, many patients use social media platforms to seek health information. Currently, TikTok, iQiyi, Bilibili, and Weibo are the most popular video platforms in China. Therefore, based on the above facts, this study estimated the quality of lung nodule videos taken in China using these platforms.Methods: The term "lung nodule" was searched on these platforms. Then, the first 30 videos were selected. Subsequently, some videos were excluded after they had been reviewed and analyzed, after which information on the features and sources of these videos was finally assessed using DISCERN, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Benchmark Criteria, and the Hexagonal Radar Schema. Analysis was performed according to different groups.
    Results: 101 videos were included in this study. According to the different sources, although most videos were from physicians (71.3%), comprising those with shorter durations; faster updates; and more likes, comments, and shares; no significant difference in the scores were obtained. Moreover, regarding the different platforms, while Weibo had the highest update, TikTok had more likes, comments, and shares. Investigations also revealed that while score differences were recorded, most videos were rated "very poor" and "poor." Besides, hexagonal radar charts showed a severe deficiency of video information.
    Conclusions: Although the quality of most videos on the understudied social media platforms was poor, these platforms have huge potential. Therefore, caution should be exercised when using the platforms as information sources about lung nodules, and a better review and push system is needed.
    Keywords:  TikTok; health information; lung nodule; quality; social media platform
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.1019212
  9. Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Sep 29. pii: 1911. [Epub ahead of print]10(10):
    YouTube: Is It a Reliable Source of Nutrition Information on COVID-19 Pandemic?
    Elif Inan-Eroglu, Zehra Buyuktuncer.
      Data on the nutrition-related misinformation about COVID-19 are limited. This study analysed the quality and accuracy of the nutrition information available on YouTube about current COVID-19 pandemic as well as assessed the content of the videos. YouTube was searched using the terms "nutrition and COVID-19" in Turkish on 1 February 2021. Videos were filtered according to relevancy, and the first 280 videos were analysed. A total of 218 videos were reviewed and classified as "misleading" or "relevant" depending on the information provided. The transparency, utility, reliability, and accuracy of video contents were assessed. The videos attracted a cumulative 6,258,694 views. There were 178 (81.7%) fully relevant and 40 (18.3%) misleading videos. Approximately 80% of the videos shared by health professionals were relevant videos. Government organisations only shared relevant videos. Relevant videos had higher reliability, accuracy, and quality than misleading videos. The nutrition-related content of COVID-19 videos is suboptimal on YouTube. As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, and nutrition could improve immunity, health professionals and educational and government organisations need to engage more in the spread of nutrition-related COVID-19 information to Internet platforms based on nutrition guidelines and the latest scientific evidence. This will be a practical and immediately implementable public health strategy to effectively spread the right information.
    Keywords:  2019 novel corona virus; COVID-19; YouTube; misinformation; nutrition
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101911
  10. Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Sep 22. pii: 1836. [Epub ahead of print]10(10):
    Assessment of the Medical Reliability of Videos on Social Media: Detailed Analysis of the Quality and Usability of Four Social Media Platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube).
    Deniz Gurler, Ismail Buyukceran.
      Introduction: In recent years, the internet and social media have become the primary source for patients to research their medical conditions. Given the billions of links that result from research, it has become increasingly important how medically high quality the priorities of the search algorithms are. This study aims to examine the medical quality of videos on social media. Material and Method: A new Gmail account was never used, and Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube accounts were opened. The word "knee replacement" was searched via social media. The video duration, daily views, total views, number of likes, source, and shared content were recorded. The parameters were statistically evaluated using the scales JAMA, GQS, DISCERN, and VPI to measure the quality of the medical posts. Results: Correlations were found between JAMA, GQS, and DISCERN. No correlation between the VPI scales with other scales was found. It was found that the promotional content in videos other than Instagram was very high (56-70%). Academics and healthcare workers produced greater quality content than other groups. There is a clear dominance of healthcare practitioners on Instagram. The most shared content was informative, depending on the content. The most frequent users were alternative health practitioners. While YouTube had the highest JAMA, GQC, and DISCERN (2.98, 3.18, 37.5) scores, the lowest VPI (0.761) score was found. Discussion and Conclusions: It has been shown that Instagram and Twitter are not the right places to share videos with medical content. However, everyone should remember that Instagram is the best place to share short but popular videos. YouTube and Facebook are available resources to share videos of better medical quality with a higher score than others. We can say that the most reliable medical sources are Facebook and YouTube videos of physicians and medical staff.
    Keywords:  Facebook; Instagram; Twitter; YouTube; knee replacement; social media; video
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101836
  11. OTO Open. 2022 Oct-Dec;6(4):6(4): 2473974X221120250
    Educational Quality of YouTube Cholesteatoma Surgery Videos: Areas for Improvement.
    Matthew J Wu, Renata M Knoll, Karim Bouhadjer, Aaron K Remenschneider, Elliott D Kozin.
      Otolaryngology surgical education continues to evolve where trainees increasingly use videos to learn technical skills. Trainees commonly use YouTube, but no study to date has evaluated the educational quality (EQ) of otologic surgical videos on YouTube. We aim to assess the EQ of cholesteatoma surgical videos. Cholesteatoma surgical videos were queried using YouTube search terms, assessed using LAParoscopic surgery Video Educational GuidelineS (LAP-VEGaS), a validated assessment tool for publication, and categorized into low (0-6), medium (7-12), and high (13-18) EQ groups. In total, 74 videos were identified (mean LAP-VEGaS score = 9.6 ± 4.0) and 44.6% had medium EQ. Videos commonly lacked graphic aids to highlight anatomy (71.6%) and postprocedural outcomes (68.9%). LAP-VEGaS scores were greater in videos originating from US surgeons compared to non-US surgeons (12.4 ± 3.4 vs 8.0 ± 3.5; P < .001). Our study highlights that otolaryngology trainees may experience difficulty finding high-EQ cholesteatoma surgery videos on YouTube. Areas for improved EQ content are discussed. Level of evidence: IV.
    Keywords:  cholesteatoma; internet videos; otolaryngology education; otolaryngology trainee; otology; surgery; surgical education
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1177/2473974X221120250
  12. Children (Basel). 2022 Oct 04. pii: 1514. [Epub ahead of print]9(10):
    The Quality, Reliability, and Accuracy of Videos Regarding Exercises and Management for Dysphagia in Pediatric Populations Uploaded on YouTube.
    Min Cheol Chang, Byung Joo Lee, Donghwi Park.
      Objectives: YouTube is well known for providing easy access to various kinds of video content. In this study, we investigated the quality and reliability of videos on YouTube addressing exercise or dysphagia management in the pediatric population. Methods: Video quality and reliability were assessed by using the Global Quality Scale (GQS) and a modified DISCERN tool, respectively. The accuracy of the information in each video was also evaluated. Other information, including the video source, length, date of upload, as well as the number of views, likes, dislikes, and comments were investigated, and statistical significance was determined. Results: In total, 22 videos on exercises and dysphagia management in pediatric populations were evaluated; 36.4% and 72.7% of these videos did not have high quality or reliability, respectively. Moreover, half of the videos did not contain accurate information. Even when videos were created by medical specialists, many of these YouTube videos were of low quality, reliability, and accuracy. Conclusions: The reliability, quality, and accuracy of many videos on exercise or dysphagia management in the pediatric population were low. Video creators, especially medical specialists, should strive to create videos with high quality, reliability, and accuracy.
    Keywords:  YouTube; dysphagia; exercise; management; pediatric; quality; video
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/children9101514
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