Table 2.
Characteristics of posts and comments posted on Facebook in 1 year
| Characteristics | The number of posts, n (%) | p Value | Response time* median, minimum (IQR) | p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Types of the posts† | ||||
| Category 1 | 74 (26.7) | 0.001‡ | 16 (8–47) | <0.001‡ |
| Others | 87 (26–263) | |||
| Category 2 | 140 (50.5) | 70 (18–263) | ||
| Category 3 | 44 (15.9) | 119 (44–256) | ||
| Category 4 | 19 (6.9) | 102 (39–273) | ||
| Total | 277 (100) | 55 (14–166) | ||
| By posting time (work shift) | ||||
| All types of the posts | ||||
| Day (9:00–17:00) | 150 (54.2) | 0.132§ | 57 (14–155) | 0.130§ |
| Evening (17:00–01:00) | 106 (38.3) | 42 (11–140) | ||
| Night (1:00–9:00) | 21 (7.6) | 133 (27–327) | ||
| Question posts (category 1) | ||||
| Day (9:00–17:00) | 32 (43.2) | 0.364§ | 18 (9–50) | 0.100§ |
| Evening (17:00–1:00) | 37 (50.0) | 16 (5–34) | ||
| Night (1:00–9:00) | 5 (6.8) | 83 (22–276) | ||
*Response time is the interval between a newly submitted post and its first comment.
†Category 1, question posts about a difficult case at the time of the encounter, which requested rapid replies to assist in decision-making; category 2, posts discussing informative cases from previous experience; category 3, educational posts to convey informative knowledge; category 4, announcements posts to notify the members of something.
‡Calculated using the Mann–Whitney U test.
§Calculated using the Kruskal–Wallis test.