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. 2024 Feb 27;10:e50156. doi: 10.2196/50156

Table 4.

E-professionalism—opportunity aspect of SNSsa—descriptives (N=753).


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.