Abstract
to analyze YouTube videos with information about COVID-19 in Brazilian sign language. a cross-sectional study conducted with 402 videos from the YouTube sharing platform. Chi-square, Fisher's exact, Mann-Whitney and Spearman's correlation tests were used. the videos mainly covered COVID-19 prevention (20.6%). There was a positive correlation between video length and number of views (p<0.001). The length of more than 20 minutes was associated with narration only in BSL (p=0.37) and in BSL with audio (p<0.001), while videos with less than 20 minutes were associated with simultaneous narration in BSL, audio and subtitles. Those with narration only in BSL had a similar number of views to those narrated with subtitles and/or audio (p=0.998). the videos were mostly short and included COVID-19 prevention. The longer the video, the greater the number of views. Regardless the presentation of narrations, the videos had a similar number of views.
Highlights
The disease caused by coronavirus, COVID-19, is an emerging, infectious, highly transmissible, rapidly spreading disease, constituting, since 2020, a public health emergency of international interest[1]
As they have a barrier in health communication and, difficulty in accessing information concerning the prevention of COVID-19, deaf people become vulnerable to constituting a population at risk for viral infection
The findings presented contribute to the state of the art about health education related to COVID-19, aimed at a specific audience and little addressed in research on health communication, deaf people
Summary
The disease caused by coronavirus, COVID-19, is an emerging, infectious, highly transmissible, rapidly spreading disease, constituting, since 2020, a public health emergency of international interest[1]. According to WHO, deaf people represent more than 450 million inhabitants in the world, and will reach 900 million by 2050(9) As they have a barrier in health communication and, difficulty in accessing information concerning the prevention of COVID-19, deaf people become vulnerable to constituting a population at risk for viral infection. It is worth noting that, in order to direct the construction and publication of videos on YouTube about COVID-19 in BSL, it is necessary to analyze existing videos Such analysis will enable the gaps in information in sign language, referring to the disease, to be prioritized by future productions. Studies that include videos in BSL on COVID-19 are relevant to this professional category, which may use such scientific evidence to support their assistance or contribute to the development of research
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