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

Table 5

Barriers and facilitators in social media use in translation of research evidence into clinical practices among study participants (n=184).

Barriers	Median(IQR)
Time consuming	3(2,4)
Privacy concerns	4(4,4)
Concerns of unprofessional behavior	4(3,4)
Cannot reach my target audience	3(3,4)
Lack of reliability	4(3,4)
Lack of research evidence availability	3(2,4)
Information overload	4(3,4)
Lack of training to use social media	3(2,4)
Impose threat to my career	3(2,3)
Lack of accessibility	3(2,4)
Facilitators
No training needed	4(3,4)
Easily accessible	4(4,4)
Less cost required for usage	4(3,4)
Open access with free available resource	4(4,4)
Authenticated resource availability/acceptability	3(2,4)
Availability of a professional forum	4(3,4)

1: strongly disagree; 2: disagree; 3: neutral; 4: agree; 5: strongly agree.