El-Sayed Ahmed Abdelwahab Ibrahim, Goda Shimaa Fathy Daif Allah, Elbialy Gehan Galal
Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, 9 Edmond Vermont Street - Smouha, Alexandria, Egypt.
Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, 9 Edmond Vermont Street - Smouha, Alexandria, Egypt.
BMC Nurs. 2024 Aug 20;23(1):577. doi: 10.1186/s12912-024-02218-y.
Controlling smartphone addiction and procrastination among nurses is crucial for enhancing the productivity of both nursing and the healthcare system. Critical care nurses are highly vulnerable to smartphone addiction and procrastination behaviors than other groups. They may purposefully delay their tasks, a practice known as active procrastination, or inadvertently delay them, a practice known as passive procrastination.
This study was designed to assess the prevalence of smartphone addiction and procrastination behavior among nurses, examine the effect of smartphone addiction on the active and passive procrastination behaviors, and explore the correlation between active and passive procrastination behaviors among nurses.
This is a descriptive correlational exploratory study that was conducted at 23 critical care units of one large educational hospital in Egypt. Data were collected from 360 nurses who were conveniently selected using three tools: the Smartphone Addiction Inventory, the New Active Procrastination Scale, and the Unintentional Procrastination Scale. Correlation and regression analyses were conducted to test the hypothetical relationship among the study variables.
This study revealed that 55.0%, 80.0%, and 45.3% of nurses had a moderate perceived level of smartphone addiction, active procrastination behavior, and passive procrastination behavior, respectively. There is a significant positive correlation between smartphone addiction and both nurses' active and passive procrastination behaviors. Smartphone addiction accounts for 25% of the variance in nurses' active procrastination behavior and 18% of the variance in their passive procrastination. Furthermore, there is a moderately significant negative correlation between nurses' active procrastination behavior and their passive procrastination behavior.
Nurses are exhibiting moderate levels of smartphone addiction and procrastination, which is a significant threat to the healthcare industry and nursing productivity. This requires technological, educational, and organizational interventions that foster active procrastination and combat passive procrastination behaviors among nurses.
Continuous training programs are required to enhance time management skills among nurses and increase the awareness of nurse managers with the symptoms of smartphone addiction among nurses. Nurse leaders should early detect and address the addictive use of smartphones among nurses, identify potential procrastinators, and provide counseling to eradicate these behaviors in the workplace.
控制护士群体中的智能手机成瘾和拖延行为对于提高护理工作效率以及医疗系统的整体效率至关重要。重症监护护士比其他群体更容易出现智能手机成瘾和拖延行为。他们可能会故意拖延任务，即主动拖延，或者无意中拖延任务，即被动拖延。
本研究旨在评估护士群体中智能手机成瘾和拖延行为的发生率，研究智能手机成瘾对主动和被动拖延行为的影响，并探讨护士主动和被动拖延行为之间的相关性。
这是一项描述性相关性探索性研究，在埃及一家大型教学医院的23个重症监护病房进行。使用三种工具从360名方便选取的护士中收集数据：智能手机成瘾量表、新主动拖延量表和无意拖延量表。进行相关性和回归分析以检验研究变量之间的假设关系。
本研究显示，分别有55.0%、80.0%和45.3%的护士认为自己有中度智能手机成瘾、主动拖延行为和被动拖延行为。智能手机成瘾与护士的主动和被动拖延行为之间均存在显著正相关。智能手机成瘾分别解释了护士主动拖延行为方差的25%和被动拖延行为方差的18%。此外，护士的主动拖延行为与被动拖延行为之间存在中度显著负相关。
护士表现出中度的智能手机成瘾和拖延行为，这对医疗行业和护理工作效率构成重大威胁。这需要技术、教育和组织干预措施，以促进护士的主动拖延行为，并对抗被动拖延行为。
需要持续开展培训项目，以提高护士的时间管理技能，并提高护士长对护士中智能手机成瘾症状的认识。护士领导者应尽早发现并解决护士中智能手机成瘾问题，识别潜在的拖延者，并提供咨询服务以消除工作场所中的这些行为。
