Table 4.
E-professionalism—opportunity aspect of SNSsa—descriptives (N=753).
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Never, n (%) | Rarely, n (%) | Occasionally, n (%) | Often, n (%) | I have never been in a situation where this could happen, n (%) |
| 1. I debunk medical/dental myths and misinformation by posting on SNS. | 355 (47.1) | 130 (17.3) | 87 (11.6) | 16 (2.1) | 165 (21.9) |
| 2. I share posts on social media that contain general medical/dental advice. | 312 (41.4) | 167 (22.2) | 128 (17.0) | 28 (3.7) | 118 (15.7) |
| 3. I use SNS to raise public awareness of public health actions. | 185 (24.6) | 191 (25.4) | 224 (29.7) | 84 (11.2) | 69 (9.2) |
| 4. I use my profile to share information about new scientific knowledge in the field of medicine/dental medicine. | 248 (32.9) | 183 (24.3) | 184 (24.4) | 54 (7.2) | 84 (11.2) |
| 5. I create posts on SNS that call for responsible health behavior. | 186 (24.7) | 196 (26.0) | 212 (28.2) | 81 (10.8) | 78 (10.4) |
| 6. In the posts, I clearly separate my personal opinion on a medical/dental issue from scientifically confirmed facts. | 170 (22.6) | 49 (6.5) | 77 (10.2) | 149 (19.8) | 371 (49.3) |
aSNS: social networking site.