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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Digit. Health
Sec. Health Informatics
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2024.1366242
This article is part of the Research Topic Electronic Patient-reported Outcomes for Patient Care Improvement View all 11 articles

Attitudes of Nurses toward Telenursing and Influencing Factors in Resource-Limited Settings: Northwest Ethiopia 2022

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Fikadu Wake Butta Fikadu Wake Butta 1*Biniyam Chaklu Tilahun Biniyam Chaklu Tilahun 2Berhanu Fikadie Endehabtu Berhanu Fikadie Endehabtu 2Adamu Ambachew Shibabaw Adamu Ambachew Shibabaw 1Alex Ayenew Chereka Alex Ayenew Chereka 1Ayenew Sisay Ayenew Sisay 3Mekides Molla Reda Mekides Molla Reda 4Gemeda Wakgari Kitil Gemeda Wakgari Kitil 5Teshome Demis Teshome Demis 6
  • 1 Department of Health Informatics, College of Health Sciences, Mattu University, Mattu, Ethiopia
  • 2 University of Gondar, Gondar, Amhara, Ethiopia
  • 3 Departments of Health Informatics, College of Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia
  • 4 Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
  • 5 Departments of Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Mettu University, Mettu, Ethiopia
  • 6 Departments of Biostatics & Epidemiology, College of Health Science, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia

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    The worldwide scarcity of nurses is a pressing concern, with the World Health Organization predicting a deficit of 5.9 million nurses globally by 2025. Notably, 89% of this shortage is expected to impact low-and middle-income countries. To address the growing demand for nursing professionals, the concept of telenursing care is being considered. However, there is limited evidence regarding nurses' attitudes towards telenursing care in Ethiopia. This study aims to understand how nurses feel about telenursing care and the factors related to it at a specialized teaching referral hospital in northwest Ethiopia.: We conducted a cross-sectional study at a specialized teaching referral hospital, employing a simple random sampling technique to gather information from 423 nurses. The study took place from July 28 to December 19, 2022/23. Descriptive statistics, including tables and bar graphs, were utilized. Additionally, a binary logistic regression analysis was conducted with 95% confidence intervals and a significance level of P < 0.05 to identify factors influencing nurses' attitudes toward telenursing. Result: Out of the total 416 nurses who responded, representing a response rate of 98.35%, 39.7% exhibited favorable attitudes towards telenursing care. Factors associated with nurses' attitudes included awareness, source of information, social media use, knowledge, computer access, digital training, internet access, and computer training. Conclusions: The findings indicate a low level of positive attitudes towards telenursing care among nurses. To enhance future acceptance, use, and implementation, policymakers, higher education institutions, and other stakeholders should collaborate to improve nurses' attitudes toward telenursing care, taking into consideration various factors and user preferences.

    Keywords: Attitude, Nurse, Ethiopia, Telenursing, Telenursing care SPSS: Statistical Package for Social Science, VIF: variance inflation factor, WHO: World Health Organization

    Received: 05 Jan 2024; Accepted: 09 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Butta, Tilahun, Endehabtu, Shibabaw, Chereka, Sisay, Reda, Kitil and Demis. 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: Fikadu Wake Butta, Department of Health Informatics, College of Health Sciences, Mattu University, Mattu, Ethiopia

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