Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward Technology: Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.

IF 3.2 Q1 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
Ana Luiza Dallora, Ewa Kazimiera Andersson, Bruna Gregory Palm, Doris Bohman, Gunilla Björling, Ludmiła Marcinowicz, Louise Stjernberg, Peter Anderberg
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Abstract

Background: The growing presence of digital technologies in health care requires the health workforce to have proficiency in subjects such as informatics. This has implications in the education of nursing students, as their preparedness to use these technologies in clinical situations is something that course administrators need to consider. Thus, students' attitudes toward technology could be investigated to assess their needs regarding this proficiency.

Objective: This study aims to investigate attitudes (enthusiasm and anxiety) toward technology among nursing students and to identify factors associated with those attitudes.

Methods: Nursing students at 2 universities in Sweden and 1 university in Poland were invited to answer a questionnaire. Data about attitudes (anxiety and enthusiasm) toward technology, eHealth literacy, electronic device skills, and frequency of using electronic devices and sociodemographic data were collected. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the data. The Spearman rank correlation coefficient and Mann-Whitney U test were used for statistical inferences.

Results: In total, 646 students answered the questionnaire-342 (52.9%) from the Swedish sites and 304 (47.1%) from the Polish site. It was observed that the students' technology enthusiasm (techEnthusiasm) was on the higher end of the Technophilia instrument (score range 1-5): 3.83 (SD 0.90), 3.62 (SD 0.94), and 4.04 (SD 0.78) for the whole sample, Swedish students, and Polish students, respectively. Technology anxiety (techAnxiety) was on the midrange of the Technophilia instrument: 2.48 (SD 0.96), 2.37 (SD 1), and 2.60 (SD 0.89) for the whole sample, Swedish students, and Polish students, respectively. Regarding techEnthusiasm among the nursing students, a negative correlation with age was found for the Swedish sample (P<.001; ρSwedish=-0.201) who were generally older than the Polish sample, and positive correlations with the eHealth Literacy Scale score (P<.001; ρall=0.265; ρSwedish=0.190; ρPolish=0.352) and with the perceived skill in using computer devices (P<.001; ρall=0.360; ρSwedish=0.341; ρPolish=0.309) were found for the Swedish, Polish, and total samples. Regarding techAnxiety among the nursing students, a positive correlation with age was found in the Swedish sample (P<.001; ρSwedish=0.184), and negative correlations with eHealth Literacy Scale score (P<.001; ρall=-0.196; ρSwedish=-0.262; ρPolish=-0.133) and with the perceived skill in using computer devices (P<.001; ρall=-0.209; ρSwedish=-0.347; ρPolish=-0.134) were found for the Swedish, Polish, and total samples and with the semester only for the Swedish sample (P<.001; ρSwedish=-0.124). Gender differences were found regarding techAnxiety in the Swedish sample, with women exhibiting a higher mean score than men (2.451, SD 1.014 and 1.987, SD 0.854, respectively).

Conclusions: This study highlights nursing students' techEnthusiasm and techAnxiety, emphasizing correlations with various factors. With health care's increasing reliance on technology, integrating health technology-related topics into education is crucial for future professionals to address health care challenges effectively.

International registered report identifier (irrid): RR2-10.2196/14643.

护理专业学生对技术的态度:多中心横断面研究。
背景:数字技术在医疗保健领域的应用日益广泛,这就要求医疗保健人员熟练掌握信息学等学科的知识。这对护理专业学生的教育产生了影响,因为他们在临床情况下使用这些技术的准备程度是课程管理人员需要考虑的问题。因此,可以通过调查学生对技术的态度来评估他们在这方面的需求:本研究旨在调查护理专业学生对技术的态度(热情和焦虑),并找出与这些态度相关的因素:方法:邀请瑞典两所大学和波兰一所大学的护理专业学生回答问卷。收集了有关对技术的态度(焦虑和热情)、电子健康知识、电子设备技能、使用电子设备的频率以及社会人口学数据。采用描述性统计来描述数据的特征。统计推断采用斯皮尔曼等级相关系数和曼-惠特尼 U 检验:共有 646 名学生回答了问卷,其中瑞典校区 342 人(52.9%),波兰校区 304 人(47.1%)。据观察,学生的技术热情(techEnthusiasm)在技术嗜好工具(分值范围 1-5)中处于较高水平:整个样本、瑞典学生和波兰学生的技术热情分别为 3.83(标准差 0.90)、3.62(标准差 0.94)和 4.04(标准差 0.78)。技术焦虑(techAnxiety)处于技术嗜好工具的中等水平:全体样本、瑞典学生和波兰学生分别为 2.48(标准差 0.96)、2.37(标准差 1)和 2.60(标准差 0.89)。关于护理专业学生的科技热情,瑞典样本发现与年龄呈负相关(PSwedish=-0.201),他们的年龄普遍高于波兰样本,而与电子健康素养量表得分呈正相关(Pall=0.265;ρ瑞典=0.190;ρ波兰=0.352),瑞典、波兰和总样本与使用计算机设备的感知技能(Pall=0.360;ρ瑞典=0.341;ρ波兰=0.309)呈正相关。关于护理专业学生的技术焦虑,在瑞典样本中发现与年龄呈正相关(PSwedish=0.184),与电子健康素养量表得分呈负相关(Pall=-0.196;ρSwedish=-0.262;ρPolish=-0.在瑞典、波兰和总样本中发现了性别差异(Pall=-0.209;ρ瑞典=-0.347;ρ波兰=-0.134),仅在瑞典样本中发现了学期差异(PSwedish=-0.124)。在瑞典样本中,技术焦虑存在性别差异,女性的平均得分高于男性(分别为 2.451,SD 1.014 和 1.987,SD 0.854):本研究突出了护理专业学生的科技热情和科技焦虑,强调了与各种因素的相关性。国际注册报告标识符(irrid):RR2-10.2196/14643。
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