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Assessment of the Quality and Trustworthiness of Online Health Content Regarding Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo in Short Videos on TikTok and Bilibili: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

  • By

  • Feng Zhu

  • Jing Deng

  • Yao Sun

  • Jianyun Ma

  • Guoqi Sima

  • Ru Chen

  • June 10, 2026

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    Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) affects approximately 2.4% of people in their lifetime and poses significant health risks.

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    Short videos on platforms like Douyin and Bilibili are popular sources for health information but often lack accuracy and review.

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    A total of 240 BPPV-related videos were identified, with exclusion criteria ensuring the analysis focused on medically relevant content.

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    Video quality and reliability were assessed using the Global Quality Score (GQS) and modified DISCERN (mDISCERN) tools.

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    The study aims to highlight the quality of BPPV-related videos and provide insights for improving health information dissemination.

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Quality and reliability of online health information on benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in TikTok and Bilibili short videos: A cross-sectional content analysis

  • by Feng Zhu, Jing Deng, Yao Sun, Jianyun Ma, Guoqi Sima, Ru Chen

  • June 10, 2026

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