Alquraini Habib, Alhashem Abdul Majeed, Shah Makhdoom A, Chowdhury Rafiqul I
Department of Health Information Administration, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
J Adv Nurs. 2007 Feb;57(4):375-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04113.x.
This paper reports a survey of nurses' attitudes towards computerized health information systems, the characteristics that influence these attitudes and the level of nurses' skills in computer use.
The use of such systems in developed countries and in some developing countries has already become a reality. However, nurses as a group of care providers have been found to resist computerization, seeing computerized health information systems as dehumanizing, confusing and uncaring. Nurses with more computer experience tend to have more positive views; education and training positively influence attitudes; and younger and less experienced nurses may have more positive attitudes.
A structured questionnaire was used to measure the attitudes of nurses working in Kuwait towards computerization. A random sample of 574 nurses working in Ministry of Health hospitals were sent a questionnaire, and 530 replies were received (response rate 92.3%). The data were collected from November 2002 to January 2003.
Respondents generally had positive attitudes toward computerized health information systems. Analysis of variance revealed statistically significant differences in attitudes in relation to nationality, level of education, previous experience in computer use, and computer skills (P < 0.05). Multiple regression analysis showed that gender, nationality, education levels, and duration of computer use were statistically significant predictors of attitudes toward computerized health information systems (P < 0.05).
With adequate computerized health information system training, the implementation of computerized health information systems could be effective for nurses in providing quality health care, as found in other studies.
本文报告了一项关于护士对计算机化健康信息系统的态度、影响这些态度的特征以及护士计算机使用技能水平的调查。
在发达国家和一些发展中国家，此类系统的使用已成为现实。然而，作为护理提供者群体的护士被发现抵制计算机化，将计算机化健康信息系统视为非人性化、令人困惑且缺乏关怀的。有更多计算机经验的护士往往有更积极的看法；教育和培训对态度有积极影响；而年轻且经验较少的护士可能有更积极的态度。
使用结构化问卷来测量科威特护士对计算机化的态度。向卫生部医院工作的574名护士随机发放问卷，共收到530份回复（回复率92.3%）。数据收集时间为2002年11月至2003年1月。
受访者总体上对计算机化健康信息系统持积极态度。方差分析显示，在国籍、教育水平、以前的计算机使用经验和计算机技能方面，态度存在统计学上的显著差异（P<0.05）。多元回归分析表明，性别、国籍、教育水平和计算机使用时长是对计算机化健康信息系统态度的统计学显著预测因素（P<0.05）。
正如其他研究发现的那样，通过充分的计算机化健康信息系统培训，计算机化健康信息系统的实施对护士提供优质医疗保健可能是有效的。
