<clinical_study>
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  <required_header>
    <download_date>ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 20, 2023</download_date>
    <link_text>Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.</link_text>
    <url>https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04494997</url>
  </required_header>
  <id_info>
    <org_study_id>QassimU1</org_study_id>
    <nct_id>NCT04494997</nct_id>
  </id_info>
  <brief_title>Dentists' Perception Regarding the Use of Social Media for Professional Purpose</brief_title>
  <official_title>Dentists' Perception Regarding the Use of Social Media for Professional Purpose: A Cross-sectional Study</official_title>
  <sponsors>
    <lead_sponsor>
      <agency>Qassim University</agency>
      <agency_class>Other</agency_class>
    </lead_sponsor>
  </sponsors>
  <source>Qassim University</source>
  <oversight_info>
    <has_dmc>No</has_dmc>
    <is_fda_regulated_drug>No</is_fda_regulated_drug>
    <is_fda_regulated_device>No</is_fda_regulated_device>
  </oversight_info>
  <brief_summary>
    <textblock>
      Social Media has significant influence in everyone's life. Social media is considered as one&#xD;
      of the biggest revolution in the information technology. It empowers the users to express and&#xD;
      share their thoughts, opinions, views, and content to the rest of the world. Entire world id&#xD;
      just a click away from the Social Media users. Social media gives an immense opportunity to&#xD;
      grow through right connectivity and collaboration. Healthcare professionals are no exception&#xD;
      for this. Healthcare professionals can make appropriate use of Social media for public&#xD;
      outreach with their content and educate them. Social Media with its tools enables the&#xD;
      professionals to create multimedia content to engage the audiences. It also improves&#xD;
      professional connectivity and better public display of professional skills. These can enhance&#xD;
      the professional growth through public availability and accessibility. Social Media giants in&#xD;
      the recent times were also blamed for data privacy and protection. There are issues of&#xD;
      excessive indulgence into privacy through access of users' locations and contacts. Overt&#xD;
      advertisements and unnecessary tagging to the content by unknown users cannot be ignored. Our&#xD;
      cross sectional study is aimed to understand Dentist' perspective at professional level,&#xD;
      regarding their use, advantages and disadvantages of Social Media.&#xD;
    </textblock>
  </brief_summary>
  <detailed_description>
    <textblock>
      Objectives of the Study:&#xD;
&#xD;
      To understand which Social Media platform is used the most by the Dentists for their&#xD;
      Professional purpose.&#xD;
&#xD;
      To understand the different uses of Social Media by the Dentists for their Professional&#xD;
      purpose.&#xD;
&#xD;
      To understand the Dentists' perspective of the ADVANTAGES of their SOCIAL MEDIA accounts for&#xD;
      their Professional purpose.&#xD;
&#xD;
      To understand the Dentists' perspective of the DISADVANTAGES of their SOCIAL MEDIA accounts&#xD;
      for their Professional purpose.&#xD;
&#xD;
      Sample Size Sample size calculated using OpenEpi, Version 3, open source calculator. n-384,&#xD;
      Confidence Interval 95%, Design Effect -1, anticipated % frequency - 50%.&#xD;
&#xD;
      Methodology This Cross sectional study uses Questionnaire with Closed ended questions. The&#xD;
      survey form is designed using Google forms program. Survey initial question seeks CONSENT&#xD;
      from the respondent. Survey collects data under 4 sections.&#xD;
&#xD;
      Section I: Demographic details Section II: 6 Questions regarding use of your Social Media for&#xD;
      Professional activities.&#xD;
&#xD;
      Section III: 7 Questions regarding the advantages of your Social Media use. Section IV: 5&#xD;
      Questions regarding the disadvantages of your Social Media use.&#xD;
&#xD;
      Section III &amp; IV involves exclusive use of Likert Scale questions.&#xD;
    </textblock>
  </detailed_description>
  <overall_status>Unknown status</overall_status>
  <last_known_status>Recruiting</last_known_status>
  <start_date type="Actual">July 1, 2020</start_date>
  <completion_date type="Anticipated">August 15, 2020</completion_date>
  <primary_completion_date type="Anticipated">July 31, 2020</primary_completion_date>
  <study_type>Observational</study_type>
  <has_expanded_access>No</has_expanded_access>
  <study_design_info>
    <observational_model>Cohort</observational_model>
    <time_perspective>Cross-Sectional</time_perspective>
  </study_design_info>
  <primary_outcome>
    <measure>Perception of Social Media advantages</measure>
    <time_frame>15th of August 2020</time_frame>
    <description>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.</description>
  </primary_outcome>
  <primary_outcome>
    <measure>Perception of Social Media disadvantages</measure>
    <time_frame>15th of August 2020</time_frame>
    <description>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.</description>
  </primary_outcome>
  <primary_outcome>
    <measure>Perception of Social Media use</measure>
    <time_frame>15th of August 2020</time_frame>
    <description>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.</description>
  </primary_outcome>
  <secondary_outcome>
    <measure>Correlation of type of practice &amp; Social media use</measure>
    <time_frame>15th of August 2020</time_frame>
    <description>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.</description>
  </secondary_outcome>
  <secondary_outcome>
    <measure>Correlation of Age &amp; Social media use</measure>
    <time_frame>15th of August 2020</time_frame>
    <description>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.</description>
  </secondary_outcome>
  <secondary_outcome>
    <measure>Correlation of Professional qualification &amp; Social media use</measure>
    <time_frame>15th of August 2020</time_frame>
    <description>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.</description>
  </secondary_outcome>
  <number_of_groups>1</number_of_groups>
  <enrollment type="Anticipated">384</enrollment>
  <condition>Social Media</condition>
  <condition>Perception, Self</condition>
  <arm_group>
    <arm_group_label>Dentists</arm_group_label>
    <description>Practicing Dental Health Professionals who are either General Dentists &amp;/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 &amp;/Or email to seek responses. The link will be available for single response for a single respondent.</description>
  </arm_group>
  <intervention>
    <intervention_type>Other</intervention_type>
    <intervention_name>Survey Questionnaire</intervention_name>
    <description>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.&#xD;
Section I: Demographic details Section II: 6 Questions regarding use of your Social Media for Professional activities.&#xD;
Section III: 7 Questions regarding the advantages of your Social Media use. Section IV: 5 Questions regarding the disadvantages of your Social Media use.&#xD;
The Google form questionnaire survey link will be shared with the Dentists in internet via Social Media &amp;/Or email to seek responses. The link will be available for single response for a single respondent.</description>
    <arm_group_label>Dentists</arm_group_label>
  </intervention>
  <eligibility>
    <study_pop>
      <textblock>
        Practicing Dental Health Professionals who are either General Dentists &amp;/or Specialists&#xD;
        Dentists are part of the Cohort. They should have held or currently hold Social Media&#xD;
        account for their Professional purpose. They should have used or currently using their&#xD;
        Social Media account for Professional purpose. The Google form questionnaire survey link&#xD;
        will be shared with the Dentists in internet via Social Media &amp;/Or email to seek responses.&#xD;
        The link will be available for single response for a single respondent.&#xD;
      </textblock>
    </study_pop>
    <sampling_method>Probability Sample</sampling_method>
    <criteria>
      <textblock>
        Inclusion Criteria:&#xD;
&#xD;
        Dentists who currently hold Social Media account/accounts &amp; use for Professional activity.&#xD;
&#xD;
        Dentists who held Social Media account/accounts &amp; used for Professional activity.&#xD;
&#xD;
        Dentists who create their OWN MULTIMEDIA NEW CONTENT in Social Media. Dentists who share&#xD;
        &amp;/Post Profession related text posts in Social Media. Dentists who share &amp;/Post Profession&#xD;
        related pictures in Social Media. Dentists who share &amp;/Post Profession related videos in&#xD;
        Social Media.&#xD;
&#xD;
        Exclusion Criteria:&#xD;
&#xD;
        Dentists who never held social media account. Dentists who use social media exclusive for&#xD;
        Personal purpose. Dentists who never used social media for Professional purpose.&#xD;
      </textblock>
    </criteria>
    <gender>All</gender>
    <minimum_age>20 Years</minimum_age>
    <maximum_age>N/A</maximum_age>
  </eligibility>
  <location>
    <facility>
      <name>Dr B Shiva Shankar</name>
      <address>
        <city>Ar Rass</city>
        <state>Al Qassim</state>
        <zip>51921</zip>
        <country>Saudi Arabia</country>
      </address>
    </facility>
    <status>Recruiting</status>
    <contact>
      <last_name>Shiva B Shankar, MDS</last_name>
      <phone>+966163020523</phone>
      <email>S.ggg@qu.edu.sa</email>
    </contact>
  </location>
  <location_countries>
    <country>Saudi Arabia</country>
  </location_countries>
  <verification_date>July 2020</verification_date>
  <study_first_submitted>July 28, 2020</study_first_submitted>
  <study_first_submitted_qc>July 30, 2020</study_first_submitted_qc>
  <study_first_posted type="Actual">July 31, 2020</study_first_posted>
  <last_update_submitted>July 30, 2020</last_update_submitted>
  <last_update_submitted_qc>July 30, 2020</last_update_submitted_qc>
  <last_update_posted type="Actual">July 31, 2020</last_update_posted>
  <responsible_party>
    <responsible_party_type>Principal Investigator</responsible_party_type>
    <investigator_affiliation>Qassim University</investigator_affiliation>
    <investigator_full_name>Dr Shiva Shankar Bugude</investigator_full_name>
    <investigator_title>Assistant Professor</investigator_title>
  </responsible_party>
  <keyword>Social Media</keyword>
  <keyword>Dentists</keyword>
  <keyword>Perception</keyword>
  <keyword>Professional purpose</keyword>
  <patient_data>
    <sharing_ipd>Undecided</sharing_ipd>
    <ipd_description>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 &amp; analytical data will be used for scientific publication.</ipd_description>
  </patient_data>
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</clinical_study>


download date: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 20, 2023
link text: Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
url: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04494997
org study id: QassimU1
nct id: NCT04494997
lead sponsor: 
has dmc: No
is fda regulated drug: No
is fda regulated device: No
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.
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.
observational model: Cohort
time perspective: Cross-Sectional
measure: Perception of Social Media advantages
time frame: 15th of August 2020
description: 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.
measure: Perception of Social Media disadvantages
time frame: 15th of August 2020
description: 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.
measure: Perception of Social Media use
time frame: 15th of August 2020
description: 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.
measure: Correlation of type of practice & Social media use
time frame: 15th of August 2020
description: 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.
measure: Correlation of Age & Social media use
time frame: 15th of August 2020
description: 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.
measure: Correlation of Professional qualification & Social media use
time frame: 15th of August 2020
description: 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.
arm group label: Dentists
description: 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.
intervention type: Other
intervention name: Survey Questionnaire
description: 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.
arm group label: Dentists
study pop: 
sampling method: Probability Sample
criteria: 
gender: All
minimum age: 20 Years
maximum age: N/A
facility: 
status: Recruiting
contact: 
country: Saudi Arabia
responsible party type: Principal Investigator
investigator affiliation: Qassim University
investigator full name: Dr Shiva Shankar Bugude
investigator title: Assistant Professor
sharing ipd: Undecided
ipd description: 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.