Social MediaNCT04494997
Dentists' Perception Regarding the Use of Social Media for Professional Purpose
An observational study of Social Media and Perception, Self, run by Qassim University at 1 site in Saudi Arabia.
Trial summary
Social Media has significant influence in everyone's life. Social media is considered as one of the biggest revolution in the information technology. It empowers the users to express and share their thoughts, opinions, views, and content to the rest of the world. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 20 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Social Media, Perception, Self
- What is being tested?
- Survey Questionnaire
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion
- How many people
- 384 participants
- Where
- 1 siteSaudi Arabia
- Study dates
- 1 Jul 2020to 15 Aug 2020
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 20 years and older
- All sexes
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Practicing Dental Health Professionals who are either General Dentists \&/or Specialists Dentists are part of the Cohort. They should have held or currently hold Social Media account for their Professional purpose. They should have used or currently using their Social Media account for Professional purpose. The Google form questionnaire survey link will be shared with the Dentists in internet via Social Media \&/Or email to seek responses. The link will be available for single response for a single respondent.
Who may be able to join
- Dentists who currently hold Social Media account/accounts \& use for Professional activity.
- Dentists who held Social Media account/accounts \& used for Professional activity.
- Dentists who create their OWN MULTIMEDIA NEW CONTENT in Social Media. Dentists who share \&/Post Profession related text posts in Social Media. Dentists who share \&/Post Profession related pictures in Social Media. Dentists who share \&/Post Profession related videos in Social Media.
Who cannot join
- Dentists who never held social media account. Dentists who use social media exclusive for Personal purpose. Dentists who never used social media for Professional purpose.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Saudi Arabia1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Dr B Shiva Shankar
Ar Rass, Al Qassim, 51921
Shiva B Shankar, MDS, +966163020523, S.ggg@qu.edu.sa
About this study
Official title: Dentists' Perception Regarding the Use of Social Media for Professional Purpose: A Cross-sectional Study
Social Media has significant influence in everyone's life. Social media is considered as one of the biggest revolution in the information technology. It empowers the users to express and share their thoughts, opinions, views, and content to the rest of the world. Entire world id just a click away from the Social Media users. Social media gives an immense opportunity to grow through right connectivity and collaboration. Healthcare professionals are no exception for this. Healthcare professionals can make appropriate use of Social media for public outreach with their content and educate them. Social Media with its tools enables the professionals to create multimedia content to engage the audiences. It also improves professional connectivity and better public display of professional skills. These can enhance the professional growth through public availability and accessibility. Social Media giants in the recent times were also blamed for data privacy and protection. There are issues of excessive indulgence into privacy through access of users' locations and contacts. Overt advertisements and unnecessary tagging to the content by unknown users cannot be ignored. Our cross sectional study is aimed to understand Dentist' perspective at professional level, regarding their use, advantages and disadvantages of Social Media.
Read the detailed description
Objectives of the Study:
To understand which Social Media platform is used the most by the Dentists for their Professional purpose.
To understand the different uses of Social Media by the Dentists for their Professional purpose.
To understand the Dentists' perspective of the ADVANTAGES of their SOCIAL MEDIA accounts for their Professional purpose.
To understand the Dentists' perspective of the DISADVANTAGES of their SOCIAL MEDIA accounts for their Professional purpose.
Sample Size Sample size calculated using OpenEpi, Version 3, open source calculator. n-384, Confidence Interval 95%, Design Effect -1, anticipated % frequency - 50%.
Methodology This Cross sectional study uses Questionnaire with Closed ended questions. The survey form is designed using Google forms program. Survey initial question seeks CONSENT from the respondent. Survey collects data under 4 sections.
Section I: Demographic details Section II: 6 Questions regarding use of your Social Media for Professional activities.
Section III: 7 Questions regarding the advantages of your Social Media use. Section IV: 5 Questions regarding the disadvantages of your Social Media use.
Section III \& IV involves exclusive use of Likert Scale questions.
- Conditions
- Social Media, Perception, Self
- Being tested
- Survey Questionnaire
- Keywords
- Social Media, Dentists, Perception, Professional purpose
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Survey QuestionnaireOther
This Cross sectional study uses Questionnaire with Closed ended questions. The survey form is designed using Google forms program. Survey initial question seeks CONSENT from the respondent. Survey collects data under 4 sections.
Section I: Demographic details Section II: 6 Questions regarding use of your Social Media for Professional activities.
Section III: 7 Questions regarding the advantages of your Social Media use. Section IV: 5 Questions regarding the disadvantages of your Social Media use.
The Google form questionnaire survey link will be shared with the Dentists in internet via Social Media \&/Or email to seek responses. The link will be available for single response for a single respondent.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Dentists | Practicing Dental Health Professionals who are either General Dentists \&/or Specialists Dentists are part of the Cohort. They should have held or currently hold Social Media account for their Professional purpose. They should have used or currently using their Social Media account for Professional purpose. The Google form questionnaire survey link will be shared with the Dentists in internet via Social Media \&/Or email to seek responses. The link will be available for single response for a single respondent. Receives: Other: Survey Questionnaire |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Perception of Social Media advantages
The primary outcome of the Dentists perception regarding the advantages of their Social Media account use for Professional purpose would be analysed by data interpretation obtained from Section III of the survey responses.
Measured: 15th of August 2020
Perception of Social Media disadvantages
The primary outcome of the Dentists perception regarding the disadvantages of their Social Media account use for Professional purpose would be analysed by data interpretation obtained from Section IV of the survey responses.
Measured: 15th of August 2020
Perception of Social Media use
The primary outcome of the Dentists perception regarding the advantages of their Social Media account use for Professional purpose would be analysed by data interpretation obtained from Section II of the survey responses.
Measured: 15th of August 2020
Secondary outcomes (3)
Correlation of type of practice & Social media use
Correlation of the Dentists' type of practice data (Rural/Urban) will be correlated with the data of the use of Social Media use. Necessary statistical tests will be used to find out the significance level at p-value 0.05.
Measured: 15th of August 2020
Correlation of Age & Social media use
Correlation of the Dentists' Age data will be correlated with the data of the use of Social Media use. Necessary statistical tests will be used to find out the significance level at p-value 0.05.
Measured: 15th of August 2020
Correlation of Professional qualification & Social media use
Correlation of the Dentists' Professional qualification data (General dentist/Specialist dentist) will be correlated with the data of the use of Social Media use. Necessary statistical tests will be used to find out the significance level at p-value 0.05.
Measured: 15th of August 2020
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted31 Jul 2020
- Study start1 Jul 2020
- Primary completion31 Jul 2020 (estimated)
- Study completion15 Aug 2020 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Social MediaStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Enrolment
- 384 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Qassim University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Dr Shiva Shankar Bugude, Qassim University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04494997
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- QassimU1
- Status last verified
- Jul 2020
- First submitted
- 28 Jul 2020
- Last updated
- 31 Jul 2020
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided: The Research data will be available to the Principal Investigator. On requirement the data will be shared to whomsoever after consultation with the concerned higher authorities in the College of Applied Health sciences in Ar rass. The descriptive \& analytical data will be used for scientific publication.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 31 Jul 2020. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Dentists' Perception Regarding the Use of Social Media for Professional Purpose: A Cross-sectional Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04494997
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- QassimU1
- Conditions
- Social Media, Perception, Self
- Keywords
- Social Media, Dentists, Perception, Professional purpose
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 384 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Qassim UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Jul 2020 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 31 Jul 2020 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 15 Aug 2020 (estimated)
- First posted
- 31 Jul 2020 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Social Media has significant influence in everyone's life. Social media is considered as one of the biggest revolution in the information technology. It empowers the users to express and share their thoughts, opinions, views, and content to the rest of the world. Entire world id just a click away from the Social Media users. Social media gives an immense opportunity to grow through right connectivity and collaboration. Healthcare professionals are no exception for this. Healthcare professionals can make appropriate use of Social media for public outreach with their content and educate them. Social Media with its tools enables the professionals to create multimedia content to engage the audiences. It also improves professional connectivity and better public display of professional skills. These can enhance the professional growth through public availability and accessibility. Social Media giants in the recent times were also blamed for data privacy and protection. There are issues of excessive indulgence into privacy through access of users' locations and contacts. Overt advertisements and unnecessary tagging to the content by unknown users cannot be ignored. Our cross sectional study is aimed to understand Dentist' perspective at professional level, regarding their use, advantages and disadvantages of Social Media.
Detailed description
Objectives of the Study:
To understand which Social Media platform is used the most by the Dentists for their Professional purpose.
To understand the different uses of Social Media by the Dentists for their Professional purpose.
To understand the Dentists' perspective of the ADVANTAGES of their SOCIAL MEDIA accounts for their Professional purpose.
To understand the Dentists' perspective of the DISADVANTAGES of their SOCIAL MEDIA accounts for their Professional purpose.
Sample Size Sample size calculated using OpenEpi, Version 3, open source calculator. n-384, Confidence Interval 95%, Design Effect -1, anticipated % frequency - 50%.
Methodology This Cross sectional study uses Questionnaire with Closed ended questions. The survey form is designed using Google forms program. Survey initial question seeks CONSENT from the respondent. Survey collects data under 4 sections.
Section I: Demographic details Section II: 6 Questions regarding use of your Social Media for Professional activities.
Section III: 7 Questions regarding the advantages of your Social Media use. Section IV: 5 Questions regarding the disadvantages of your Social Media use.
Section III \& IV involves exclusive use of Likert Scale questions.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Dentists | – | Other: Survey QuestionnairePracticing Dental Health Professionals who are either General Dentists \&/or Specialists Dentists are part of the Cohort. They should have held or currently hold Social Media account for their Professional purpose. They should have used or currently using their Social Media account for Professional purpose. The Google form questionnaire survey link will be shared with the Dentists in internet via Social Media \&/Or email to seek responses. The link will be available for single response for a single respondent. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 20 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Practicing Dental Health Professionals who are either General Dentists \&/or Specialists Dentists are part of the Cohort. They should have held or currently hold Social Media account for their Professional purpose. They should have used or currently using their Social Media account for Professional purpose. The Google form questionnaire survey link will be shared with the Dentists in internet via Social Media \&/Or email to seek responses. The link will be available for single response for a single respondent.
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Dentists who currently hold Social Media account/accounts \& use for Professional activity.
- Dentists who held Social Media account/accounts \& used for Professional activity.
- Dentists who create their OWN MULTIMEDIA NEW CONTENT in Social Media. Dentists who share \&/Post Profession related text posts in Social Media. Dentists who share \&/Post Profession related pictures in Social Media. Dentists who share \&/Post Profession related videos in Social Media.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Dentists who never held social media account. Dentists who use social media exclusive for Personal purpose. Dentists who never used social media for Professional purpose.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Survey QuestionnaireThis Cross sectional study uses Questionnaire with Closed ended questions. The survey form is designed using Google forms program. Survey initial question seeks CONSENT from the respondent. Survey collects data under 4 sections. Section I: Demographic details Section II: 6 Questions regarding use of your Social Media for Professional activities. Section III: 7 Questions regarding the advantages of your Social Media use. Section IV: 5 Questions regarding the disadvantages of your Social Media use. The Google form questionnaire survey link will be shared with the Dentists in internet via Social Media \&/Or email to seek responses. The link will be available for single response for a single respondent. | Other | Dentists |
Primary outcome
Perception of Social Media advantages
Time frame: 15th of August 2020
The primary outcome of the Dentists perception regarding the advantages of their Social Media account use for Professional purpose would be analysed by data interpretation obtained from Section III of the survey responses.
Perception of Social Media disadvantages
Time frame: 15th of August 2020
The primary outcome of the Dentists perception regarding the disadvantages of their Social Media account use for Professional purpose would be analysed by data interpretation obtained from Section IV of the survey responses.
Perception of Social Media use
Time frame: 15th of August 2020
The primary outcome of the Dentists perception regarding the advantages of their Social Media account use for Professional purpose would be analysed by data interpretation obtained from Section II of the survey responses.
3 secondary outcomes
Correlation of type of practice & Social media use
Time frame: 15th of August 2020
Correlation of Age & Social media use
Time frame: 15th of August 2020
Correlation of Professional qualification & Social media use
Time frame: 15th of August 2020
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 31 Jul 2020.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided. The Research data will be available to the Principal Investigator. On requirement the data will be shared to whomsoever after consultation with the concerned higher authorities in the College of Applied Health sciences in Ar rass. The descriptive \& analytical data will be used for scientific publication.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Social Media and Perception, Self, run by Qassim University at 1 site in Saudi Arabia.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 31 Jul 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Saudi Arabia. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Each site lists its own contact: choose the nearest one under Trial locations. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Perception of Social Media advantages (time frame: 15th of August 2020). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 31 Jul 2020.