Table 2.
Number of reviewed YouTube videos (n=314) about medication use in pregnancy, by source of video and medication type
| Video source | Antidepressants n (%) |
Analgesics and antipyretics n (%) |
Hormones and synthetic substitutes n (%) |
Anticonvulsants n (%) |
Antibacterials n (%) |
Gastrointestinal agents n (%) |
Other n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 249 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Legal | 204 (81.9) | 0 | 2 (8.3) | 19 (90.5) | 0 | 1 (10.0) | 0 |
| TV Clip | 19 (7.6) | 7 (26.9) | 1 (4.2) | 1 (4.8) | 3 (33.3) | 3 (30.0) | 2 (20.0) |
| Physician | 7 (2.8) | 12 (46.2) | 3 (12.5) | 1 (4.8) | 2 (22.2) | 2 (20.0) | 4 (40.0) |
| Patient/Family | 5 (2.0) | 4 (15.4) | 10 (41.7) | 0 | 3 (33.3) | 4 (4.0) | 1 (10.0) |
| University | 2 (0.8) | 2 (7.7) | 4 (16.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (20.0) |
| Not for Profit Organization | 4 (1.6) | 0 | 1 (4.2) | 0 | 1 (11.1) | 0 | 0 |
| Advertisement | 4 (1.6) | 0 | 3 (12.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (10.0) |
| Government [FDA] | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 3 (1.2) | 1 (3.8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FDA=Food and Drug Administration