Is the involvement of opinion leaders in the implementation of research findings a feasible strategy?

Table 10 Agreement between sociometric and self-nominating instruments for generic and condition-specific opinion leadership

Sociometric Instrument Generic vs. condition-specific Opinion Leadership
	Condition-specific instrument
	Opinion leader	Not opinion leader
Generic instrument
Opinion leader	23	64	87
Not opinion leader	61	856	917
	84	920	1001
Self-designating Instrument Generic vs. condition-specific Opinion Leadership¹
	Condition-specific instrument
	Opinion leader	Not opinion leader
Generic instrument
Opinion leader	77	116	193
Not opinion leader	93	563	656
	170	679	849
Generic Opinion Leadership sociometric vs. self-designating instrument¹
	Self-designating instrument
	Opinion leader	Not opinion leader
Sociometric instrument
Opinion leader	23	37	60
Not opinion leader	200	720	920
	223	757	980
Condition-specific Opinion Leadership sociometric vs. self-designating instrument¹
	Self-designating instrument
	Opinion leader	Not opinion leader
Sociometric instrument
Opinion leader	26	15	41
Not opinion leader	149	678	827
	175	693	868

1. Analysis limited to respondents with both generic and condition-specific instruments completed.

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