Table 4 Comparison of dental advice retweets, likes, and replies from March 23 to June 21, 2019 and 2020 (COVID-19 outbreak) by type of advisor
From: Pattern of dental needs and advice on Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia
2019 | 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | p value | Mean (SD) | p value | ||
Retweet | Dental | 0.5 (1.0) | 0.373 | 0.3 (0.5) | 0.002* |
Non-dental | 0.2 (0.7) | 0.1 (1.2) | |||
Like | Dental | 1.3 (2.5) | 0.918 | 0.9 (1.7) | 0.086 |
Non-dental | 1.0 (3.9) | 0.8 (3.1) | |||
Reply | Dental | 1.5 (2.4) | 0.647 | 0.7 (0.7) | 0.004* |
Non-dental | 1.2 (3.5) | 0.3 (0.5) | |||