Physicians' intentions to use digital tools - a comparative survey, before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, in Southern Sweden.

IF 1.9 3区医学 Q3 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-02 DOI:10.1080/02813432.2024.2346133

Sofia Olofsson, Fredric Karlsson, Miriam Pikkemaat, Björn Ekman, Mattias Rööst, Hans Thulesius, Veronica Milos Nymberg

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Abstract

Objectives: To describe changes in Swedish primary care physicians' use of, attitudes and intentions toward digital tools in patient care between 2019 and 2022.

Design: A survey using a validated questionnaire measuring physician's intentions to use digital tools based on the theory of planned behavior.

Setting: Sample of primary health care centers in southern Sweden.

Subjects: Primary care physicians.

Main outcome measures: Self-reported use and intentions to use, digital tools including digital consultations by text or video, chronic disease monitoring and artificial intelligence (AI) and the associations between attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control and behavioral intentions to use digital tools, in 2019 compared to 2022.

Results: In both 2019 (n = 198) and 2022 (n = 93), physicians reported high intentions to use digital tools. Self-reported use of video was slightly higher in 2022 (p = .03). No other changes were seen in the self-reported use or behavioral intentions to use digital tools.

Conclusion: The slow adoption of patient-related digital tools in Swedish primary health care does not seem to be explained by a low intention to use them among physicians. Future research on implementation of digital tools should include a focus on contextual factors such as organizational, technical and cultural barriers.

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医生使用数字工具的意向--瑞典南部 COVID-19 大流行前后的对比调查。

目标描述瑞典初级保健医生在 2019 年至 2022 年期间在患者护理中使用数字工具的情况、态度和意向的变化：基于计划行为理论，使用经过验证的调查问卷测量医生使用数字工具的意向：调查对象：瑞典南部的初级医疗保健中心：主要结果测量主要结果测量：与2022年相比，2019年数字工具（包括文本或视频数字咨询、慢性病监测和人工智能）的自我报告使用情况和使用意向，以及使用数字工具的态度、主观规范、感知行为控制和行为意向之间的关联：结果：在2019年（n=198）和2022年（n=93），医生都报告了使用数字工具的高意愿。在 2022 年，自我报告的视频使用率略高（p = 0.03）。使用数字工具的自我报告使用情况或行为意向没有其他变化：结论：在瑞典初级医疗保健中，与患者相关的数字化工具的采用速度较慢，这似乎并不是因为医生使用这些工具的意愿较低。未来有关数字工具实施的研究应关注环境因素，如组织、技术和文化障碍。

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Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 医学-卫生保健

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3.20

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19.00%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care is an international online open access journal publishing articles with relevance to general practice and primary health care. Focusing on the continuous professional development in family medicine the journal addresses clinical, epidemiological and humanistic topics in relation to the daily clinical practice. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care is owned by the members of the National Colleges of General Practice in the five Nordic countries through the Nordic Federation of General Practice (NFGP). The journal includes original research on topics related to general practice and family medicine, and publishes both quantitative and qualitative original research, editorials, discussion and analysis papers and reviews to facilitate continuing professional development in family medicine. The journal''s topics range broadly and include: • Clinical family medicine • Epidemiological research • Qualitative research • Health services research.