A Factor Analysis of Digital Literacy of Thai Professional Nurses , Tertiary care center Hospital,12th Public Health Region

Authors

  • Wiphada Khocharoen Student of Master of Nursing Science in Nursing Administration,Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University
  • Kanjana Srisawad Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University
  • Somjai Puttapitukpol Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University
  • Rungnapa Chantra 3Boromarajonani College of Nursing Suratthani

Keywords:

Factor Analysis, Digital Literacy, Tertiary care center Hospital,12th Public Health Region

Abstract

The purpose of this research were to study the factor and the level of digital literacy of professional nurse in Tertiary care center Hospital,12th Public Health Region. .The sample  included 300 professional nurses from 3 hospital ; Trag hospital, Yala hospital and Hadyai hospital . Questionares was used as the research tool, developed by the researcher, and consisted of 2 sections. The first was personal information .The second was focused on digital literacy of professional nurse .Content validity was verified by 5 experts. The content validity index was 0.96. The Cronbach alpha reliability was 0.95. Data were analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation and Exploratory Factor Analysis with Principal Axis Factoring and Promax rotation method

          The results were as follows. 1) Factor of digital literacy of professional nurses in Tertiary care center Hospital,12th Public Health Region was composed of 4 factors structure matrix and accounted for 66.166 % of the variance. The factor were: (1) Operations of Devices and software, Information and Data., (2) Career-related competences in Nursing., (3) Data privacy and Safety., (4) Communication and collaboration and 2) The professional nurses rated their digital literacy at the high level (Mean=3.67, SD.= 0.63). The subscales were rated in the following ranking: (1) Data privacy and Safety (Mean=3.83, SD.=0.66), Communication and collaboration (Mean=3.80, SD.=0.63)., Career-related competences in Nursing (Mean=3.53, SD.=0.64), Operations of Devices and software, Information  and Data (Mean=3.50 , SD.=0.57)

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2024-04-29

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Khocharoen, W., Srisawad, K., Puttapitakpol, S., & Chantra, R. (2024). A Factor Analysis of Digital Literacy of Thai Professional Nurses , Tertiary care center Hospital,12th Public Health Region. Journal of Health Research and Innovation, 7(1), e267642. retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jhri/article/view/267642

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