Knowledge and atittudes of healthcare professionals and their willingness to communicate about e-Health to patients: a cross-sectional study of Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto

• Autor(a) principal: Moita, Joana Micaela Dias Segundo Amaro
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/28448
• topic: Digital health; e-Health; Patient enpowerment; Doctors and Nurses; Capability; Motivation; Opportunity; Competências -- Skills; Conhecimento -- Knowledge; Saúde digital; e-Saúde; Empoderamento dos utentes; Médico; Enfermeiro; Capacidade; Motivação; Oportunidade

In many countries, the implementation and dissemination of e-Health for healthcare systems are important aspects of projects and strategies, as they contribute to significantly improving the access to such a system. The aim of the study is to analyze nurses’ and doctors’ attitudes and knowledge on e-Health solutions as well as their willingness to communicate about e- Health to their patients. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development highlights that the spread of information and communications technology and global interconnectedness has great potential to accelerate human progress, to bridge the digital divide and to develop knowledge societies. The relevance of the present study is to provide more data about the roles of doctors and nurses on promoting this action through digital health and also to characterise which factors can influence their action. The present study is a exploratory- descriptive case study with a quantitative aproach and a cross-sectional design. A questionnaire was applied to 131 doctors and nurses that have clinical activity on the External Consultation Service of Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto. Based on the results, opportunity shows to be the key factor that drives doctors’ and nurses’ e-Health competence (according to the Spearman's ρ coefficient). Data shows that 87,00% of the participants feel that is part of their role to promote digital literacy, however it was gauged that doctors and nurses feel that they don’t have enough time (32,10%) to be an actor on the promotion and induction of patient’s in the digital world. Since healthcare is a very personal and an unique experience for each person, for future research it would be ideal to obtain data through a mixed method approach by introducing interviews in order to have the most accurate information possible.