Hossein Ranjbar, Faezeh Mahdizadeh, Fatemeh Mahdizadeh,
Volume 1, Issue 2 (4-2022)
Abstract
Nursing and midwifery students' perceptions and attitudes regarding Information and Communication Technology (ICT) play an important role in their educational activities. However, little information is available about the situation in Iran. This study aimed at determining the attitude of Iranian nursing and midwifery students towards ICT.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 180 Iranian nursing and midwifery students between October and December 2021 using stratified random sampling. Data were collected using a personal information form and a standard questionnaire to assess the attitudes of nursing and midwifery students regarding ICT. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 16.
The great majority of participants (96.6%) had a positive attitude towards Information and Communication Technology. Subscale analysis showed that the highest and the lowest scores were related to Care Value of ICT, and Workload value of ICT, respectively. Students with higher average (GPA) had a more positive attitude towards "Care Value of ICT" (p <0.001) and "Training of ICT skills" (p = 0.007). Significant correlations were found between "Care Value of ICT" and "Training of ICT skills" (rs = 0.699, p < 0.001).
Although students' attitudes toward ICT were positive, the subscales “ICT confidence" and "Workload value of ICT" scored low. Educators should improve training in ICT skills in order to strengthen students' attitudes toward technology and increase self-confidence and productivity related to ICT use in learning and clinical practice.
Fatemeh Mahdizadeh, Faezeh Mahdizadeh, Mahbubeh Abdollahi, Mohamad Reza Mishmast, Hossein Ranjbar,
Volume 1, Issue 4 (12-2022)
Abstract
Determining the attitude of nursing and midwifery students regarding information and communication technology requires the use of valid tools in this field. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of psychometrically determining the attitude scale of nursing and midwifery students towards health information and communication technology in Iran.
180 nursing and midwifery students of Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences participated in this research. The study units were selected by random sampling. To collect data, the Persian language version of the attitude scale of nursing and midwifery students towards health information and communication technology was used. To determine the factor analysis of the scale, confirmatory factor analysis was used with LISRES software version 8, and CFI, GFI, NFI, RMSEA and X2/df indices were used to check the goodness of fit of the model. Cronbach's alpha coefficient and SPSS version 16 software were used to check reliability.
The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that items 11 and 14 were not significant in the Persian scale. After removing the above items, the CFA model was re-fitted. Since CFI, GFI, and NFI indexes were more than 0.9, RMSEA index was less than 0.1, and X2/df was less than 3, the fit of the above model was appropriate. Cronbach's alpha coefficients were 0.7 and confirmed.
The results showed that the health information and communication technology attitude scale for nursing and midwifery students has good validity and reliability. This tool can be used in future studies.
