Perception among Healthcare Professionals of the Use of Social Media in Translating Research Evidence into Clinical Practice in Mangalore

Table 3

Purpose of using social media for research among study participants (n=183).

Purposes	n
Obtaining research evidence	79(43.2)
To guide postgraduate research	67(36.6)
To obtain updates in research or new evidence in general	64(35)
Evidence based health intervention, health promotion and health education	60(32.8)
Professional networking for research evidence and translation	43(23.5)
Taking part in research based forum discussion on new evidence.	41(22.4)
Building evidence based awareness among target audience	36(19.7)
Disseminating information on evidence based health intervention, health promotion and health education	35(19.1)
Disseminating original articles	32(17.5)
Obtain and disseminate information on research oriented student exchange programs	30(16.4)
Collaborations for evidence generation and translation	26(14.2)