Top sites on TikTok focused on vasectomy have gotten over 353 million views, but the info on the sites is of poor quality Only a small fraction of these sites were written by a health professional Many downplay the effectiveness of the male contraceptive procedure, researchers said FRIDAY, June 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Men looking to limit their odds for fatherhood probably have questions about . They should steer clear of TikTok for answers, however. A new study examining the quality of the top 100 most liked videos on TikTok found that, in terms of medical accuracy, the clips scored a dismal 0.
19 on a scale ranging from 0 to 5. “In addition to the poor quality of the information, it was concerning to see that there were gaps in information in places where a medical professional would have provided relevant context,” said study senior author . He's an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.
C. “For example, many videos mention that vasectomy can fail but don’t note that the failure rate is really, really low, making it the most effective form of contraception,” Swartz said in a Duke news release. According to the researchers, about 1 in 5 Americans, especially the young, say they often head to TikTok for information on health.
In fact, the 100 most-liked videos on the social media platform with the hashtag #vasectomy gathered a total of 353 million views, Swartz' team found. However: only 12% offered s.
