Attitudes of nurses toward telenursing and influencing factors in resource-limited settings: Northwest Ethiopia 2022
BackgroundThe worldwide scarcity of nurses is a pressing concern, with the World Health Organization predicting a deficit of 5.9 million nurses globally by 2025. Notably, 89% of this shortage is expected to impact low- and middle-income countries. To address the growing demand for nursing profession...
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| author | Fikadu Wake Butta Biniyam Chaklu Tilahun Berhanu Fikadie Endehabtu Adamu Ambachew Shibabaw Alex Ayenew Chereka Ayenew Sisay Gebeyew Mekides Molla Reda Gemeda Wakgari Kitil Teshome Demis Nimani |
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| description | BackgroundThe worldwide scarcity of nurses is a pressing concern, with the World Health Organization predicting a deficit of 5.9 million nurses globally by 2025. Notably, 89% of this shortage is expected to impact low- and middle-income countries. To address the growing demand for nursing professionals, the concept of telenursing care is being considered. However, there is limited evidence regarding nurses' attitudes towards telenursing care in Ethiopia. This study aims to understand how nurses feel about telenursing care and the factors related to it at a specialized teaching referral hospital in northwest Ethiopia.MethodWe conducted a cross-sectional study at a specialized teaching referral hospital, employing a simple random sampling technique to gather information from 423 nurses. The study took place from July 28 to December 19, 2022/23. Descriptive statistics, including tables and bar graphs, were utilized. Additionally, a binary logistic regression analysis was conducted with 95% confidence intervals and a significance level of P < 0.05 to identify factors influencing nurses' attitudes toward telenursing.ResultOut of the total 416 nurses who responded, representing a response rate of 98.35%, 39.7% exhibited favorable attitudes towards telenursing care. Factors associated with nurses' attitudes included awareness, source of information, social media use, knowledge, computer access, digital training, internet access, and computer training.ConclusionsThe findings indicate a low level of positive attitudes towards telenursing care among nurses. To enhance future acceptance, use, and implementation, policymakers, higher education institutions, and other stakeholders should collaborate to improve nurses' attitudes toward telenursing care, taking into consideration various factors and user preferences. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b6f8f083df6e404a95b1a9d9315cadf52025-01-03T06:47:13ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Digital Health2673-253X2025-01-01610.3389/fdgth.2024.13662421366242Attitudes of nurses toward telenursing and influencing factors in resource-limited settings: Northwest Ethiopia 2022Fikadu Wake Butta0Biniyam Chaklu Tilahun1Berhanu Fikadie Endehabtu2Adamu Ambachew Shibabaw3Alex Ayenew Chereka4Ayenew Sisay Gebeyew5Mekides Molla Reda6Gemeda Wakgari Kitil7Teshome Demis Nimani8Department of Health Informatics, College of Health Sciences, Mattu University, Mattu, EthiopiaDepartments of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, EthiopiaDepartments of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, EthiopiaDepartment of Health Informatics, College of Health Sciences, Mattu University, Mattu, EthiopiaDepartment of Health Informatics, College of Health Sciences, Mattu University, Mattu, EthiopiaDepartments of Health Informatics, College of Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, EthiopiaDepartments of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, EthiopiaDepartment of Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Mattu University, Mattu, EthiopiaDepartments of Biostatics and Epidemiology, College of Health Science, Haramaya University, Harar, EthiopiaBackgroundThe worldwide scarcity of nurses is a pressing concern, with the World Health Organization predicting a deficit of 5.9 million nurses globally by 2025. Notably, 89% of this shortage is expected to impact low- and middle-income countries. To address the growing demand for nursing professionals, the concept of telenursing care is being considered. However, there is limited evidence regarding nurses' attitudes towards telenursing care in Ethiopia. This study aims to understand how nurses feel about telenursing care and the factors related to it at a specialized teaching referral hospital in northwest Ethiopia.MethodWe conducted a cross-sectional study at a specialized teaching referral hospital, employing a simple random sampling technique to gather information from 423 nurses. The study took place from July 28 to December 19, 2022/23. Descriptive statistics, including tables and bar graphs, were utilized. Additionally, a binary logistic regression analysis was conducted with 95% confidence intervals and a significance level of P < 0.05 to identify factors influencing nurses' attitudes toward telenursing.ResultOut of the total 416 nurses who responded, representing a response rate of 98.35%, 39.7% exhibited favorable attitudes towards telenursing care. Factors associated with nurses' attitudes included awareness, source of information, social media use, knowledge, computer access, digital training, internet access, and computer training.ConclusionsThe findings indicate a low level of positive attitudes towards telenursing care among nurses. To enhance future acceptance, use, and implementation, policymakers, higher education institutions, and other stakeholders should collaborate to improve nurses' attitudes toward telenursing care, taking into consideration various factors and user preferences.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2024.1366242/fullattitudenurseEthiopiatelenursingtelenursing careStatistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) |
| spellingShingle | Fikadu Wake Butta Biniyam Chaklu Tilahun Berhanu Fikadie Endehabtu Adamu Ambachew Shibabaw Alex Ayenew Chereka Ayenew Sisay Gebeyew Mekides Molla Reda Gemeda Wakgari Kitil Teshome Demis Nimani Attitudes of nurses toward telenursing and influencing factors in resource-limited settings: Northwest Ethiopia 2022 Frontiers in Digital Health attitude nurse Ethiopia telenursing telenursing care Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) |
| title | Attitudes of nurses toward telenursing and influencing factors in resource-limited settings: Northwest Ethiopia 2022 |
| title_full | Attitudes of nurses toward telenursing and influencing factors in resource-limited settings: Northwest Ethiopia 2022 |
| title_fullStr | Attitudes of nurses toward telenursing and influencing factors in resource-limited settings: Northwest Ethiopia 2022 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes of nurses toward telenursing and influencing factors in resource-limited settings: Northwest Ethiopia 2022 |
| title_short | Attitudes of nurses toward telenursing and influencing factors in resource-limited settings: Northwest Ethiopia 2022 |
| title_sort | attitudes of nurses toward telenursing and influencing factors in resource limited settings northwest ethiopia 2022 |
| topic | attitude nurse Ethiopia telenursing telenursing care Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2024.1366242/full |
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