2024/08/30 by Charlene Lo, Krestina L. Amon, Melissa Brunner · 1 voice · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Health Professions · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Acquired brain injury #Applied psychology #Computer science #Content analysis #Data science #Exploratory analysis #Exploratory research #Health Literacy and Information Accessibility #Media Influence and Health #Medicine #Neuroscience #Psychology #Qualitative research #Rehabilitation #Social Media in Health Education #Sociology #Thematic analysis
paper · doi:10.1080/09638288.2024.2395467
published in Disability and Rehabilitation 47(10), 2523-2534 (Informa)
openalex publication_date 2024/08/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
PURPOSE: This exploratory study aimed to examine brain injury videos on YouTube to determine who posted about brain injury, content categories of videos, and how brain injury was represented. METHODS: A mixed methods approach was used. Brain injury videos on YouTube were collected in November 2022 and analysed quantitatively and qualitatively using descriptive statistics and content analysis. Visual data analysis was used to generate visual descriptions of a representative sample of the videos, and these were thematically analysed alongside the video transcripts. RESULTS: The sample of 100 YouTube videos consisted of educational, lived experience, and promotional videos. Medical organisations and hospitals were the predominant source of videos. An overarching theme of "Video tells a story" was generated from eighteen visual descriptions and transcripts which contained three major themes: (a) we choose how the story is told, (b) recovery is a process, and (c) it changed my life. CONCLUSION: YouTube may have a storytelling role for both people with a brain injury wishing to share their story and for health professionals wishing to communicate information about brain injury. This research may have clinical implications for the integration of YouTube in brain injury rehabilitation and the use of YouTube for health communication.