Affiliation:
1. The Ministry of National Defense, The Directorate of Management Services, Ankara, Turkey
2. Public Health Nursing Department, Nursing Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Abstract
Abstract
Background The implementation of information technology (IT) in patient care is on the rise. The nursing workforce should be prepared for using such technology to support the delivery of patient-centered care. The integration of informatics into nursing practice has been progressing at a slower rate than the development of advancements and in which areas nurses use IT is still not clear.
Objective Our objective was to develop a new instrument to determine the usage of IT in nursing practice.
Methods A methodological study was conducted with factor analyses. A total of 498 registered nurses in a university hospital (n = 374) and primary care centers (n = 124) participated in the study. A questionnaire consisting demographic characteristics and an item pool with 50 statements were used to collect data. The validity and reliability of the instrument were statistically tested by computing the Keiser–Meier–Olkin (KMO) and Bartlett tests, an exploratory factor analysis, descriptive statistics, Cronbach's α, and a confirmatory factor analysis.
Results The instrument extracted eight factors comprising 39 items that explained 55% of the variance: professional autonomy(α = 0.82), data sharing/communication(α = 0.80), data management (α = 0.79), professional development (α = 0.71), administration (α = 0.76), research (α = 0.76), informing (α = 0.68), and classification of interventions (α = 0.75). Total reliability was 0.936. KMO index and a measure of sampling adequacy were high (0.936); the Bartlett test of sphericity was significant (p < 0.005).
Conclusion Study provided the evidence for the factor structure, internal consistency, reliability, and responsiveness of the 39-item “The Information Technology Scale in Nursing.” Further testing of the developed instrument with a larger number of nurses from various backgrounds and different settings is recommended.
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