Table 2.

Frequency of social media use among general surgery trainees.

Platform	Total	High users	Low users	P
Facebook	3 (2 - 3) (156)	3 (2 - 4) (116)	3 (1.5 - 3) (40)	0.004∗
Twitter	2 (1 - 3) (157)	2 (1 - 3) (117)	1 (1 - 2) (40)	0.004∗
Instagram	3 (2 - 4) (157)	4 (2 - 4) (117)	2 (1 - 3) (40)	<0.001∗
Snapchat	2 (1 - 3) (156)	2 (1 - 3) (116)	1 (1 - 2.5) (40)	0.002∗
TikTok	1 (1 - 1) (156)	1 (1 - 1) (116)	1 (1 - 1) (40)	0.017
YouTube	3 (2 - 4) (156)	3 (2 - 4) (116)	3 (2 - 3) (40)	0.003∗
LinkedIn	1 (1 - 2) (157)	2 (1 - 2) (117)	1 (1 - 2) (40)	0.018
ResearchGate	1 (1 - 2) (156)	1 (1 - 2) (116)	1 (1 - 1) (40)	<0.001∗
Reddit	1 (1 - 2) (154)	1 (1 - 2) (114)	1 (1 - 1) (40)	0.053

(Median and IQRs; 1 = No Use, 2 = Less than weekly, 3 = 0-3 h per week, 4 = 4-7 h per week 5 = 8-14 h per week, 6 = 15-21 h per week, 7 = more than 21 h per week).

^∗Statistically significant after false discovery rate correction.