Alqahtani Saad S, Menachery Santhosh Joseph, Ravi Renju, Hakami Tahir, Almalki Manal
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Pharmacy Practice Research Unit, Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Pharm J. 2024 May;32(5):102056. doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2024.102056. Epub 2024 Mar 28.
Healthcare workers increasingly use Electronic Health Information Resources (EHIRs) to make evidence-based decisions. Our study was intended to assess the perception, attitude, and practice of healthcare professionals in medicine, pharmacy, and nursing regarding their perceived value and use of EHIRs.
We conducted an observational cross-sectional study using a pre-validated questionnaire among healthcare professionals in Jazan province from September 2022 to February 2023. We included healthcare professionals and interns with medical, pharmacy, or nursing degrees and excluded those who refused informed consent.
We included fully completed data from 294 participants, with an actual response rate of just 80.1 %. Almost 87.41 % utilized the health information resources at their workplace, with UpToDate [39.45 %] and Medscape [67.01 %] being the most frequently used medical databases. The health facilities' access to electronic health resources significantly impacted healthcare professionals' [p = 0.04] and medical interns' [p = 0.02] roles. Faculty members felt the need to access electronic health information at their workplace [p = 0.00]. Lack of time to access electronic health information due to a busy schedule was a significant reason that impacted the attitude of medical professionals [p = 0.008] and nursing staff [p = 0.025]. An excessive amount of clinically unrelated data was the primary obstacle (181/294, p < 0.0001) in using electronic health information resources.
Our study showed the pattern of healthcare professionals using EHIRs in the Jazan province, Saudi Arabia. We believe the study's outcome can help increase the calibre of electronic health information services available to healthcare professionals and raise awareness of different EHIRs in improving clinical care.
医护人员越来越多地使用电子健康信息资源（EHIRs）来做出基于证据的决策。我们的研究旨在评估医学、药学和护理领域的医护人员对EHIRs的感知价值和使用情况的认知、态度及实践。
2022年9月至2023年2月，我们在吉赞省的医护人员中使用预先验证的问卷进行了一项观察性横断面研究。我们纳入了拥有医学、药学或护理学位的医护人员和实习生，排除了拒绝知情同意的人员。
我们纳入了294名参与者的完整数据，实际回复率仅为80.1%。近87.41%的人在工作场所使用健康信息资源，其中UpToDate[39.45%]和Medscape[67.01%]是最常用的医学数据库。医疗机构获取电子健康资源的情况对医护人员的角色有显著影响（p = 0.04），对医学实习生的角色也有显著影响（p = 0.02）。教职员工认为在工作场所需要获取电子健康信息（p = 0.00）。由于日程繁忙而缺乏获取电子健康信息的时间是影响医学专业人员态度的一个重要原因（p = 0.008），对护理人员态度也有影响（p = 0.025）。大量与临床无关的数据是使用电子健康信息资源的主要障碍（181/294，p < 0.0001）。
我们的研究展示了沙特阿拉伯吉赞省医护人员使用EHIRs的模式。我们相信该研究结果有助于提高医护人员可获得的电子健康信息服务的质量，并提高对不同EHIRs在改善临床护理方面的认识。
