YouTube as a source of information on chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine during the COVID-19 pandemic

This research aimed to analyze the quality of the information conveyed through YouTube videos in Portuguese on the use of two medicines suggested for the treatment of COVID-19: chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine The 'Brief DISCERN' questionnaire was applied to assess the quality of the video content as well as baseline characteristics, such as length, views, likes and dislikes, in a total of 90 videos with almost 4,5 million views Traditional media accounted for 58,89% of videos Misleading information was present in most of the videos (63,5%) Despite the ease of access, the videos showed problems in the quality of information