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Table 3 Characteristics of educationally useful YouTube videos covering nervous system examination

From: Nervous system examination on YouTube

Item

General nervous system

Cranial nerves

Upper limb

Lower limb

Balance and coordination

Number of videos (%)

8 (13)

42 (69)

6 (10)

3 (5)

2 (3)

Duration in minutes (%)

36.4 (14)

155.0 (61)

44.6 (18)

14.0 (6)

3.2 (1)

Total number of days on YouTube (average, minimum, maximum)

3,986 (498.25, 489, 525)

40,421 (962.4048, 78, 1643)

3,513 (585.5, 178, 1280)

872 (290.6667, 178, 516)

1,032 (516, 516, 516)

Total number of viewership (%)

46,010 (4.4)

447,833 (42.6)

541,114 (51.5)

12,541 (1.2)

2,947 (0.3)

Viewership/day (average; minimum; maximum)

91.7 (11.4; 1.3; 45.7)

450.0 (10.7; 1.9; 33.1)

1041.5 (173.5; 3.2; 932)

205.7 (68.5; 12.9; 178)

5.4 (2.7; 2.5; 2.8)

Total score (mean ± SD)

15 ± 0.0

14.95 ± 0.2

15 ± 0.0

15 ± 0.0

15 ± 0.0