Intramuscular Drug Administration: Characterization of Brazilian Videos on YouTube?

Objective: to characterize videos that contain a demonstra-tion of the procedure for administering drugs intramuscu-larly to adults. Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study, 44 Brazilian videos available on YouTube (R) were selected which addressed the procedure of intramuscular drug admi-nistration. Results: the majority of the videos selected are of personal origin (86.4%), were made by a Nursing technician (59.1%), used the dorsal gluteal region as the injection spot (54.5%), and were produced in a healthcare environment using a patient to demonstrate the procedure (52.3%). No video showed the completeness of the procedure, and a high frequency of errors was identified at all stages of the procedure. There was a statistically significant difference between the reliability and popularity tests of the videos (p=0.042). Conclusion: the videos on intramuscular drug administration available on the YouTube (R) platform were considered to be up-to-date, of little relevance, produced by unreliable sources, of low accuracy, and with a weak purpo-se. Contributions to practice: the videos available on the YouTube (R) platform on intramuscular drug administration should not be used as educational material for professional training or updating.