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Table 2 Respondent behavior in relation to dental practice social media (N = 503)

From: Influence of the use of social media on patients changing dental practice: a web-based questionnaire study

Characteristic

Respondents

Participants that visited dental practice social media, n (%)

 Yes

208 (41.4)

 No

295 (58.6)

Platform useda, n (%)

 Facebook

38 (18.3)

 Instagram

54 (26)

 LinkedIn

10 (4.8)

 Twitter

8 (3.9)

 Website

173 (83.2)

 YouTube

15 (7.2)

Participants that followed dental practice social media, n (%)

 Yes

36 (7.2)

 No

467 (92.8)

Platform on which followeda, n (%)

 Facebook

15 (41.7)

 Instagram

23 (63.9)

 LinkedIn

3 (8.3)

 Twitter

4 (11.1)

 Website

7 (19.4)

 YouTube

2 (5.6)

  1. aGiven that respondents could indicate several platforms, the sum of the percentage values is not 100