Fundació TIC Salut i Social, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
J Med Internet Res. 2022 Nov 30;24(11):e38347. doi: 10.2196/38347.
Despite Catalonia being an advanced region in terms of digital health adoption, the "Forum for Professional Dialogue" identified the need to improve information and communication technology (ICT) competences as one of the present and future challenges for health care professionals (HPs).
We aimed to validate the digital competence test developed ad hoc for this study and to measure the digital competence level of Catalan HPs to establish their current level as the baseline for designing a strategic training plan.
An exploratory observational study was conducted based on a voluntary survey where sociodemographic, professional and digital tool knowledge, digital tool use, and training needs data were collected and based on the score obtained from a digital competence test developed ad hoc. The digital competence test consisted of 2 "real-life scenarios" with 7 and 11 questions.
In total, 803 HPs, of whom 612 (76.2%) were women, completed the survey between June 28 and July 16, 2021. Most participants self-rated their digital competence level as either intermediate (384/803, 47.8%) or basic (357/803, 44.5%). The mean score in the digital competence test was 22.6 (SD 4.3). Therefore, most participants displayed a basic level of digital competence. The internal consistency of the digital competence test was 0.66, and the discrimination index of all questions was ≥0.2 for all items except for 1 question.
This exploratory study highlights the need to improve the digital competence of HPs working in Catalonia, with special effort being made to provide training according to the specific needs of the different HP profiles. The results have informed the Health Plan for Catalonia 2021-2025 and lay the foundations for the development and deployment of a framework program for the digital competences of HPs. The developed digital competence test shows acceptable consistency for the objective pursued, although improvements are needed to fine-tune its accuracy.
尽管加泰罗尼亚在数字医疗的采用方面处于先进地位，但“专业对话论坛”认为，提高卫生保健专业人员（HPs）的信息和通信技术（ICT）能力是当前和未来的挑战之一。
我们旨在验证专门为此研究开发的数字能力测试，并衡量加泰罗尼亚 HPs 的数字能力水平，以确定他们的当前水平，作为设计战略培训计划的基础。
这是一项基于自愿调查的探索性观察研究，收集了社会人口统计学、专业和数字工具知识、数字工具使用以及培训需求数据，并基于专门开发的数字能力测试的得分。数字能力测试由 2 个“现实生活场景”组成，每个场景有 7 个和 11 个问题。
共有 803 名 HPs 完成了 2021 年 6 月 28 日至 7 月 16 日之间的调查，其中 612 名（76.2%）为女性。大多数参与者自我评估他们的数字能力水平为中级（384/803，47.8%）或基础（357/803，44.5%）。数字能力测试的平均得分为 22.6（SD 4.3）。因此，大多数参与者显示出基本的数字能力水平。数字能力测试的内部一致性为 0.66，除 1 个问题外，所有问题的鉴别指数均≥0.2。
这项探索性研究强调了需要提高在加泰罗尼亚工作的 HPs 的数字能力，特别要根据不同 HPs 档案的具体需求提供培训。研究结果为 2021-2025 年加泰罗尼亚卫生计划提供了信息，并为 HPs 数字能力框架计划的制定和部署奠定了基础。开发的数字能力测试对于所追求的目标具有可接受的一致性，但需要改进以提高其准确性。
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