Characteristics of the 113 participants.
| Variable | Values |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 37.6 (10.1) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 95 (84.1) |
| Male | 18 (15.9) |
| Educational level | |
| Diploma or associate degree | 80 (70.8) |
| Bachelor’s degree | 32 (28.3) |
| Master’s degree | 1 (0.9) |
| Number of years of clinical nursing experience (years) | 13.0 (6.5, 20.0) |
| Position | |
| Staff nurse | 66 (58.4) |
| Charge or assistant head nurse | 47 (41.6) |
| Advanced practice certification | |
| None | 109 (96.5) |
| Certified nurse | 4 (3.5) |
| Participation in nursing informatics education | |
| No | 68 (60.2) |
| Yes | 45 (39.8) |
| Attitudes toward using digital devices at worka | |
| Non-positive | 36 (31.9) |
| Positive | 77 (68.1) |
| Confidence in using digital devices at worka | |
| Non-confident | 87 (77.0) |
| Confident | 26 (23.0) |
| Nursing informatics competency scoreb | 53.5 (12.7) |
| Attitudes toward and utilization of information systems | 19.8 (4.7) |
| Application utilization | 8.4 (3.2) |
| Operation of peripheral devices and applications | 10.6 (2.9) |
| Principles of hardware and software | 4.7 (2.1) |
| Utilization of computers in nursing practice | 10.0 (2.7) |
Dichotomous and categorical data are presented as number (%). Age and the nursing informatics competency score are presented as mean (standard deviation). Number of years of clinical experience is presented as median (25th, 75th percentiles).
a: Digital devices used at work included electronic health records, work smartphones, and tablets. Attitudes toward using digital devices at work were dichotomized into non-positive [not positive, not very positive, or neither positive nor negative] and positive [moderately positive or positive]. Confidence in using digital devices at work was dichotomized into non-confident [not confident, not very confident, or neither confident nor unconfident] and confident [moderately confident or confident].
b: Nursing informatics competency was measured using the Japanese version of the Nursing Informatics Competency Scale. The total score for nursing informatics competency ranges from 22 to 88; higher scores indicate greater competency in nursing informatics.