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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Cardiovascular Nursing
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2025.1506441
Knowledge and Attitudes of Nurses towards Telenursing in Cardiac Care in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Provisionally accepted
Dalal Abdulrahman Alsultan 1,2
Sahbanathul Missiriya Jalal 1*- 1 Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Faisal University,, Al-Ahsa 31982,, Saudi Arabia
- 2 Department of Nursing Education, Prince Sultan Cardiac Care Center Hospital,, Al-Ahsa 36441, Saudi Arabia
Objectives: Telenursing in cardiac care leverages technology to support self-care and optimize outcomes for heart failure patients during and beyond the pandemic. This study aims to explore nurse's knowledge and attitudes towards telenursing in cardiac care, examine the correlation between knowledge and attitude, and associate knowledge levels with selected demographic variables.A cross-sectional study was conducted, and 149 nurses from Prince Sultan Cardiac Care Center hospitals were randomly selected. The data were collected through a structured questionnaire, including socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, and attitudes about telenursing.The mean age of the nurses was 36.17 ± 6.5 years. Most nurses (64.4%) held a bachelor's degree, with 71.8% working as staff nurses. Nearly half (47.6%) had 6-9 years of professional experience. Among them, 15.4% had good knowledge, 63.8% had average knowledge, and 20.8% had poor knowledge, with a total mean knowledge score of 14.92 ± 3.2. Overall, nurses had positive attitudes towards telenursing (p < 0.05). Knowledge scores were significantly associated with age, education, and professional experience (p < 0.05).Strengthening nurse's understanding of telenursing is vital. Focused educational and training programs are imperative to enhance knowledge about telenursing in cardiac care and alleviate the healthcare system's economic burden.
Keywords: Telenursing, knowledge, attitudes, Nurses, Heart Failure, telehealth
Received: 05 Oct 2024; Accepted: 27 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Abdulrahman Alsultan and Missiriya Jalal. 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) or licensor 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.
* Correspondence:
Sahbanathul Missiriya Jalal, Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Faisal University,, Al-Ahsa 31982,, Saudi Arabia
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