Nursing students' attitudes towards the use of digital technology in the healthcare of older adults- a cross-sectional study in Norway and Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Implementation of digital technology has been suggested as a potential solution to future healthcare challenges. Healthcare personnel's attitudes are important in the acceptance and implementation of digital technologies.

Aim

The aims of this study were to (1) translate and validate two different questionnaires to Norwegian and Swedish respectively, and then (2) use these to examine nursing students' attitudes towards digital technology in healthcare, as well as their attitudes towards older adults' abilities to use digital technology.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Methods

A web-based questionnaire was distributed in first year nursing students in a Norwegian and a Swedish university college, respectively. The questionnaire consisted of the short form of t

SUBMITTER: Leonardsen AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10644650 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature