Table 4.
Factors associated with perceptions of the importance of ophthalmologists’ social media sites among the participants.
| Perceived Importance of Ophthalmologist’s Social Media Sites | p-Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not at All Important | Slightly Important | Moderately Important | Very Important | Extremely Important | ||
| N = 255 | N = 177 | N = 209 | N = 195 | N = 185 | ||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Visit reason (n = 1021) | ||||||
| Refractive surgery (n = 206) | 45 (21.8%) | 35 (17.0%) | 40 (19.4%) | 40 (19.4%) | 46 (22.3%) | |
| Routine visit (n = 431) | 118 (27.4%) | 74 (17.2%) | 86 (20.0%) | 83 (19.3%) | 70 (16.2%) | |
| Follow-up visit (n = 108) | 25 (23.1%) | 15 (13.9%) | 21 (19.4%) | 25 (23.1%) | 22 (20.4%) | |
| Urgent case (n = 276) | 67 (24.3%) | 53 (19.2%) | 62 (22.5%) | 47 (17.0%) | 47 (17.0%) | 0.705 |
| Gender (n = 1072) | ||||||
| Male (n = 829) | 230 (27.7%) | 153 (18.5%) | 155 (18.7%) | 152 (18.3%) | 139 (16.8%) | |
| Female (n = 243) | 59 (24.3%) | 32 (13.2%) | 54 (22.2%) | 47 (19.3%) | 51 (21.0%) | 0.041 |
| Age (years)(n = 1077) | ||||||
| 18–24 (n = 72) | 18 (25.0%) | 11 (15.3%) | 13 (18.1%) | 12 (16.7%) | 18 (25.0%) | |
| 25–34 (n = 226) | 68 (30.1%) | 31 (13.7%) | 48 (21.2%) | 35 (15.5%) | 44 (19.5%) | |
| 35–44 (n = 281) | 77 (27.4%) | 55 (19.6%) | 55 (19.6%) | 38 (13.5%) | 56 (19.9%) | |
| 45–54 (n = 262) | 55 (21.0%) | 49 (18.7%) | 55 (21.0%) | 59 (22.5%) | 44 (16.8%) | |
| 55–64 (n = 181) | 51 (28.2%) | 31 (17.1%) | 34 (18.8%) | 39 (21.5%) | 26 (14.4%) | |
| ≥65 (n = 55) | 21 (38%) | 8 (14.5%) | 6 (10.9%) | 17 (30.9%) | 3 (5.5%) | 0.018 |
| Highest qualification/degree (n = 1078) | ||||||
| High school (n = 193) | 64 (33.2%) | 25 (13.0%) | 36 (18.7%) | 28 (14.5%) | 40 (20.7%) | |
| Diploma (n = 131) | 28 (21.4%) | 20 (15.3%) | 26 (19.8%) | 25 (19.1%) | 32 (24.4%) | |
| Bachelor’s (n = 581) | 138 (23.8%) | 107 (18.4%) | 121 (20.8%) | 115 (19.8%) | 100 (17.2%) | |
| Master’s (n = 124) | 43 (34.7%) | 24 (19.4%) | 24 (19.4%) | 19 (15.3%) | 14 (11.3%) | |
| Doctorate/Ph.D. (n = 49) | 17 (34.7%) | 9 (18.4%) | 4 (8.2%) | 14 (28.6%) | 5 (10.2%) | 0.011 |
| Place of residence | ||||||
| Riyadh (n = 153) | 42 (27.5%) | 30 (19.6%) | 24 (15.7%) | 30 (19.6%) | 27 (17.6%) | |
| Mecca (n = 333) | 97 (29.1%) | 58 (17.4%) | 68 (20.4%) | 58 (17.4%) | 52 (15.6%) | |
| Eastern province (n = 93) | 21 (22.6%) | 20 (21.5%) | 22 (23.7%) | 13 (14.0%) | 17 (18.3%) | |
| Medina (n = 280) | 72 (25.7%) | 48 (17.1%) | 55 (19.6%) | 59 (21.2%) | 46 (16.4%) | |
| Hail (n = 56) | 12 (21.4%) | 8 (14.3%) | 9 (16.1%) | 9 (16.1%) | 18 (32.1%) | |
| Jazan (n = 53) | 15 (28.3%) | 6 (11.3%) | 11 (20.8%) | 11 (20.8%) | 10 (18.9%) | |
| Qassim (n = 38) | 10 (26.3%) | 7 (18.4%) | 6 (15.8%) | 7 (18.4%) | 8 (21.1%) | |
| Asir (n = 18) | 7 (38.9%) | 2 (11.1%) | 4 (22.2%) | 2 (11.1%) | 3 (16.7%) | |
| Tabuk (n = 21) | 4 (19.0%) | 2 (9.5%) | 5 (23.8%) | 4 (19.0%) | 6 (28.6%) | |
| Jawf (n = 16) | 4 (25.0%) | 3 (18.8%) | 3 (18.8%) | 5 (31.3%) | 1 (6.3%) | |
| Others (n = 16) | 5 (31.3%) | 2 (12.5%) | 4 (25.0%) | 2 (12.5%) | 3 (18.8%) | 0.948 |