Department of Periodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), a joint venture between the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Amsterdam and the Faculty of Dentistry of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Int J Dent Hyg. 2024 Feb;22(1):120-129. doi: 10.1111/idh.12764. Epub 2023 Sep 27.
This study examines the prevalence of the professional use of social media platforms by independent DHs in the Netherlands and assesses the associated personal and demographic factors.
In this exploratory, observational, cross-sectional study, independent DHs who were members of the Dutch Dental Hygienist Association (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Mondhygiënisten: NVM) were included. Data were collected from the DH practices' websites. Statistics included frequency distributions, percentages, chi-square tests for the relationship between the parameters, and multiple logistic regression for the associations between social media use and the personal and demographic factors.
A total of 830 independent DHs from 670 different practices were included in the study. Of these DHs, 34.4% had a link to a social media platform on their website. DHs with practices in the west or south of the Netherlands were more likely to use Facebook (p = 0.035 and p = 0.002, respectively) than those in the east or north. The likelihood of DHs with 4 years of training using Facebook was 1.910 greater than those with 2 years of training (p = 0.002). Furthermore, DHs who graduated in Utrecht were more likely to use Instagram (p < 0.001).
Over a third of the independent DHs in the Netherlands used social media for professional purposes. DHs who trained in Utrecht for 4 years and who had a practice in the west or south of the Netherlands were more likely to use social media for professional purposes.
本研究调查了荷兰独立口腔保健师（DH）专业使用社交媒体平台的流行情况，并评估了与之相关的个人和人口统计学因素。
在这项探索性、观察性、横断面研究中，纳入了荷兰口腔保健师协会（Nederlandse Vereniging voor Mondhygiënisten：NVM）的独立 DH 成员。数据来自 DH 实践网站收集。统计方法包括频率分布、百分比、参数之间的卡方检验，以及社交媒体使用与个人和人口统计学因素之间关联的多因素逻辑回归。
共有 830 名来自 670 个不同实践的独立 DH 参与了这项研究。其中，34.4%的 DH 在其网站上链接到了社交媒体平台。荷兰西部或南部的 DH 更有可能使用 Facebook（p = 0.035 和 p = 0.002），而东部或北部的 DH 则较少使用。接受 4 年培训的 DH 使用 Facebook 的可能性比接受 2 年培训的 DH 高 1.910 倍（p = 0.002）。此外，在乌得勒支毕业的 DH 更有可能使用 Instagram（p < 0.001）。
荷兰超过三分之一的独立 DH 出于专业目的使用社交媒体。在乌得勒支接受 4 年培训且在荷兰西部或南部有实践的 DH 更有可能出于专业目的使用社交媒体。
