Research Article
Perception among Healthcare Professionals of the Use of Social Media in Translating Research Evidence into Clinical Practice in Mangalore
Table 1
General information of study participants (n=183).
| | Characteristics | n |
| | Age(years) | | | ≤25 | 41(22.4) | | 26-35 | 75(41) | | 36-45 | 46(25.1) | | ≥46 | 21(11.5) |
| | Gender | | | Male | 82(44.8) | | Female | 101(55.2) |
| | Highest education | | | Graduate | 31(16.9) | | Post-graduate | 141(77) | | Super Specialty | 11(6) |
| | Profession | | | Medical | 122(66.7) | | Dental | 41(22.4) | | Allied Health Science | 20(10.9) |
| | Years of experience | | | Less than 5 | 95(51.9) | | 5-10 | 37(20.2) | | More than 10 | 51(27.9) |
| | Involvement in research | | | Yes | 163(89.1) | | No | 20(10.9) |
| | First exposure to research | | | Individual research | 45(24.6) | | Funded project | 11(6) | | PG dissertation | 67(36.6) | | Student Research | 37(20.2) | | Others | 3(1.6) |
| | Years of experience in research | | | Less than 5 | 114(62.3) | | 5-10 | 36(19.7) | | More than 10 | 33(18) |
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