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Digital literacy level and associated factors among health professionals in a referral and teaching hospital: An implication for future digital health systems implementation

BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia and other developing countries, electronic medical record systems and other health information technology are being introduced. However, a small proportion of low-income countries have successfully implemented national health information systems. One cause for this can be the...

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Autores principales: Tegegne, Masresha Derese, Tilahun, Binyam, Mamuye, Adane, Kerie, Hailemariam, Nurhussien, Fedlu, Zemen, Endalkachew, Mebratu, Aragaw, Sisay, Girma, Getachew, Redet, Gebeyehu, Henok, Seyoum, Abiy, Tesfaye, Selamsew, Yilma, Tesfahun Melese
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10126829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37113180
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1130894
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author Tegegne, Masresha Derese
Tilahun, Binyam
Mamuye, Adane
Kerie, Hailemariam
Nurhussien, Fedlu
Zemen, Endalkachew
Mebratu, Aragaw
Sisay, Girma
Getachew, Redet
Gebeyehu, Henok
Seyoum, Abiy
Tesfaye, Selamsew
Yilma, Tesfahun Melese
author_facet Tegegne, Masresha Derese
Tilahun, Binyam
Mamuye, Adane
Kerie, Hailemariam
Nurhussien, Fedlu
Zemen, Endalkachew
Mebratu, Aragaw
Sisay, Girma
Getachew, Redet
Gebeyehu, Henok
Seyoum, Abiy
Tesfaye, Selamsew
Yilma, Tesfahun Melese
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description BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia and other developing countries, electronic medical record systems and other health information technology are being introduced. However, a small proportion of low-income countries have successfully implemented national health information systems. One cause for this can be the lack of digital literacy among medical practitioners. As a result, this study aimed to assess health professionals’ digital literacy level and associated factors in Northwest Ethiopia. METHOD: A quantitative cross-sectional study was employed among 423 health professionals working in a teaching and referral hospital in Northwest Ethiopia. We modified and applied the European commission’s framework for digital competency to assess the level of digital literacy among health professionals. We used stratified random sampling with proportional allocation to the size of the departments in the hospital to select study participants. Data were collected using a semi-structured, self-administered, and pretested questionnaire. Descriptive and binary logistic regression analysis techniques were used to describe respondents’ digital literacy level and identify its associated factor, respectively. The odds ratio with 95% CI and value of p were used to assess the strength of the association and statistical significance, respectively. RESULTS: Out of 411 participants, 51.8% (95% CI, 46.9–56.6%) of health professionals had adequate digital literacy. Holding a master’s degree (Adjusted OR = 2.13, 95% CI: 1.18–3.85), access to digital technology (AOR = 1.89, 95% CI: 1.12–3.17), having training in digital technology (AOR = 1.65, 95% CI: 1.05–2.59), and having a positive attitude towards digital health technology (AOR = 1.64, 95% CI: 1.02–2.68) were found to be significant factors associated with health professionals digital literacy level of health professionals. CONCLUSION: Low level of digital literacy among health professionals was observed, with nearly half (48.2%) of them having poor digital literacy levels. Access to digital technology, training on digital technology, and attitude toward digital health technology were significant factors associated with digital literacy. It is suggested to increase computer accessibility, provide a training program on digital health technology, and promote a positive attitude toward this technology to improve the deployment of health information systems.
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spelling pubmed-101268292023-04-26 Digital literacy level and associated factors among health professionals in a referral and teaching hospital: An implication for future digital health systems implementation Tegegne, Masresha Derese Tilahun, Binyam Mamuye, Adane Kerie, Hailemariam Nurhussien, Fedlu Zemen, Endalkachew Mebratu, Aragaw Sisay, Girma Getachew, Redet Gebeyehu, Henok Seyoum, Abiy Tesfaye, Selamsew Yilma, Tesfahun Melese Front Public Health Public Health BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia and other developing countries, electronic medical record systems and other health information technology are being introduced. However, a small proportion of low-income countries have successfully implemented national health information systems. One cause for this can be the lack of digital literacy among medical practitioners. As a result, this study aimed to assess health professionals’ digital literacy level and associated factors in Northwest Ethiopia. METHOD: A quantitative cross-sectional study was employed among 423 health professionals working in a teaching and referral hospital in Northwest Ethiopia. We modified and applied the European commission’s framework for digital competency to assess the level of digital literacy among health professionals. We used stratified random sampling with proportional allocation to the size of the departments in the hospital to select study participants. Data were collected using a semi-structured, self-administered, and pretested questionnaire. Descriptive and binary logistic regression analysis techniques were used to describe respondents’ digital literacy level and identify its associated factor, respectively. The odds ratio with 95% CI and value of p were used to assess the strength of the association and statistical significance, respectively. RESULTS: Out of 411 participants, 51.8% (95% CI, 46.9–56.6%) of health professionals had adequate digital literacy. Holding a master’s degree (Adjusted OR = 2.13, 95% CI: 1.18–3.85), access to digital technology (AOR = 1.89, 95% CI: 1.12–3.17), having training in digital technology (AOR = 1.65, 95% CI: 1.05–2.59), and having a positive attitude towards digital health technology (AOR = 1.64, 95% CI: 1.02–2.68) were found to be significant factors associated with health professionals digital literacy level of health professionals. CONCLUSION: Low level of digital literacy among health professionals was observed, with nearly half (48.2%) of them having poor digital literacy levels. Access to digital technology, training on digital technology, and attitude toward digital health technology were significant factors associated with digital literacy. It is suggested to increase computer accessibility, provide a training program on digital health technology, and promote a positive attitude toward this technology to improve the deployment of health information systems. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-04-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10126829/ /pubmed/37113180 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1130894 Text en Copyright © 2023 Tegegne, Tilahun, Mamuye, Kerie, Nurhussien, Zemen, Mebratu, Sisay, Getachew, Gebeyehu, Seyoum, Tesfaye and Yilma. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Tegegne, Masresha Derese
Tilahun, Binyam
Mamuye, Adane
Kerie, Hailemariam
Nurhussien, Fedlu
Zemen, Endalkachew
Mebratu, Aragaw
Sisay, Girma
Getachew, Redet
Gebeyehu, Henok
Seyoum, Abiy
Tesfaye, Selamsew
Yilma, Tesfahun Melese
Digital literacy level and associated factors among health professionals in a referral and teaching hospital: An implication for future digital health systems implementation
title Digital literacy level and associated factors among health professionals in a referral and teaching hospital: An implication for future digital health systems implementation
title_full Digital literacy level and associated factors among health professionals in a referral and teaching hospital: An implication for future digital health systems implementation
title_fullStr Digital literacy level and associated factors among health professionals in a referral and teaching hospital: An implication for future digital health systems implementation
title_full_unstemmed Digital literacy level and associated factors among health professionals in a referral and teaching hospital: An implication for future digital health systems implementation
title_short Digital literacy level and associated factors among health professionals in a referral and teaching hospital: An implication for future digital health systems implementation
title_sort digital literacy level and associated factors among health professionals in a referral and teaching hospital: an implication for future digital health systems implementation
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10126829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37113180
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1130894
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