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Videos produced by professionals had significantly higher scores compared to those from consumer-generated content (p &lt; 0.001). A significantly positive correlation was observed between video duration and both GQS (r = 0.417, p &lt; 0.001) and mDISCERN (r = 0.343, p = 0.003). However, views, likes and comments did not significantly correlate with video quality. Additionally, videos longer in duration (p &lt; 0.001) and older in upload date (p = 0.014) had higher quality scores.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n<jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The study shows that mycetoma-related videos on YouTube are generally of high quality, with moderate reliability. 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