Use of social media in the Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi Arabia
Turki M Alanzi, Bashayr Alshahrani Department of Health Information Management and Technology, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of social media in the Radiology Department at Johns Hopk...
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| description | Turki M Alanzi, Bashayr Alshahrani Department of Health Information Management and Technology, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of social media in the Radiology Department at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi Arabia.Methods: The research was a cross-sectional study in which 90 workers from the staff personnel of the Radiology Department at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare were invited to a web-based survey using Google Forms. Fifty-seven participants responded to the survey (63%). Basic descriptive statistics were used to analyze the responses.Results: More than half of the participants (54.8%) were technologists. The majority of the respondents (61.4%) had a Bachelor’s degree, and 50.8% of them had more than 10 years of experience. Also, 36.8% of the participants were between 30 and 40 years old, and 57.9 of them were males. Similarly, most of the participants (61.4%) were from Saudi Arabia. Additionally, the most frequently used application was WhatsApp (59.6%). Likewise, almost half of the participants (47.4%) managed social media multiple times a day and more than half of them used these tools to communicate with friends (68.4%) and family members (61.4%). As well, 12% of the respondents employed these media to study and 20% used them for professional reasons. Also, 38.6% of respondents had no barriers to use social media. However, the rest considered that time, private matters, negative replies, lack of information and experience, and uncertainty about the usefulness of social media were barriers.Conclusion: According to the survey, most of the personnel of the Radiology Department at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare often used WhatsApp to communicate with family (61.4%) and friends (68.4%), and less than half of them employed these tools for educational purposes (21.1%) and professional issues (35.1%). Additionally, participants considered that there were some barriers related to the use of these tools. Keywords: radiology department, social media use, Saudi Arabia, survey |
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| spelling | doaj.art-240271c38121487087cad03a2b8a6c9a2022-12-22T00:49:09ZengDove Medical PressJournal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare1178-23902018-10-01Volume 1158358941547Use of social media in the Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi ArabiaAlanzi TMAlshahrani BTurki M Alanzi, Bashayr Alshahrani Department of Health Information Management and Technology, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of social media in the Radiology Department at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi Arabia.Methods: The research was a cross-sectional study in which 90 workers from the staff personnel of the Radiology Department at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare were invited to a web-based survey using Google Forms. Fifty-seven participants responded to the survey (63%). Basic descriptive statistics were used to analyze the responses.Results: More than half of the participants (54.8%) were technologists. The majority of the respondents (61.4%) had a Bachelor’s degree, and 50.8% of them had more than 10 years of experience. Also, 36.8% of the participants were between 30 and 40 years old, and 57.9 of them were males. Similarly, most of the participants (61.4%) were from Saudi Arabia. Additionally, the most frequently used application was WhatsApp (59.6%). Likewise, almost half of the participants (47.4%) managed social media multiple times a day and more than half of them used these tools to communicate with friends (68.4%) and family members (61.4%). As well, 12% of the respondents employed these media to study and 20% used them for professional reasons. Also, 38.6% of respondents had no barriers to use social media. However, the rest considered that time, private matters, negative replies, lack of information and experience, and uncertainty about the usefulness of social media were barriers.Conclusion: According to the survey, most of the personnel of the Radiology Department at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare often used WhatsApp to communicate with family (61.4%) and friends (68.4%), and less than half of them employed these tools for educational purposes (21.1%) and professional issues (35.1%). Additionally, participants considered that there were some barriers related to the use of these tools. Keywords: radiology department, social media use, Saudi Arabia, surveyhttps://www.dovepress.com/use-of-social-media-in-the-department-of-radiology-at-johns-hopkins-ar-peer-reviewed-article-JMDHradiology departmentsocial media useSaudi Arabiasurvey |
| spellingShingle | Alanzi TM Alshahrani B Use of social media in the Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi Arabia Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare radiology department social media use Saudi Arabia survey |
| title | Use of social media in the Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | Use of social media in the Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | Use of social media in the Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of social media in the Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | Use of social media in the Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | use of social media in the department of radiology at johns hopkins aramco healthcare in saudi arabia |
| topic | radiology department social media use Saudi Arabia survey |
| url | https://www.dovepress.com/use-of-social-media-in-the-department-of-radiology-at-johns-hopkins-ar-peer-reviewed-article-JMDH |
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