Table 1

Participants’ demographic characteristics (n=851)

VariableFrequencyPercentage
Gender
 Females55365
 Mean age (years) (SD)21.9 (2.7)
Field of study
 Medical field60170.6
 Non-medical field25029.4
 Median number of viewing hours spent on social networking sites (IQR)4.0 (3.0–6.0)