Ebtihal Alsaad|Sharifah Abdullah AlDossary
Educational Video Intervention to Improve Health Misinformation Identification on WhatsApp Among Saudi Arabian Population: Pre-Post Intervention Study
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences|King Abdullah International Medical Research Center|King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences|King Abdullah International Medical Research Center
background health misinformation adversely affect individuals quality life increase risk mortality people often fail assess content messages sharing internet increasing spread misinformation problem exacerbated growing variety digital information environments especially social media presents effective platform spreading misinformation due rapid informationsharing capabilities educational interventions developed help consumers verify validity digital health information however tools designed detect health misinformation social media content validated given increased use social media platforms particularly whatsapp crucial develop tools help consumers assess credibility messages detect misinformation objective main objective study develop assess educational tool aimed educating consumers detecting health misinformation whatsapp secondary objective assess association demographic factors knowledge levels methods study used singlearm prepost intervention design evaluate effectiveness educational video improving participants ability detect healthrelated misinformation whatsapp messages first phase educational video intervention developed validated second phase participants invited complete webbased survey consisted preevaluation questions followed educational video intervention subsequently asked answer questions postevaluation questions results webbased survey received 485 responses completion rate 996 n483 statistically significant associations existed knowledge level age gender employment region residence plt05 video intervention elicit statistically significant change participants abilities identify misinformation whatsapp messages z6887 plt001 viewing video associated increased knowledge following concepts checking forwarded label plt001 looking spelling grammatical errors plt001 analyzing facts p03 checking links p002 p001 assessing photos videos plt001 statistically significant difference knowledge level intervention plt001 conclusions study developed evaluated effectiveness educational video intervention improve health misinformation identification whatsapp among saudi arabian population results indicate educational videos valuable tools improving participants abilities identify misinformation outcomes research contribute understanding constitutes effective tool enhancing health misinformation awareness interventions may particularly useful combating misinformation among arabicspeaking populations whatsapp may ultimately improve ehealth literacy limiting prevalence impact misinformation allows people make betterinformed health decisions