近年来,智能手机和移动应用程序的普及激增,这种模式也反映在医疗保健系统中。然而,尽管临床医生越来越依赖,对智能手机在医疗实践中的使用和影响进行了有限的研究,尤其是在西方世界之外。
这项研究旨在确定医生在两个文化不同的国家的临床环境中使用智能手机和医疗应用程序的情况:哈马德国王大学医院(KHUH)。巴林和玛丽医院(QMH),香港。
横截面,进行了比较研究,要求两家医院的医生参加15项在线调查。这些问题分为以下几组:研究人群的人口统计,智能手机的所有权和主要用途,当前拥有的医疗应用程序的数量和名称,对智能手机的医疗用途进行评级,在与临床使用相关的智能手机上花费的时间,临床上对智能手机的依赖,以及对智能手机进一步整合的看法。然后使用适用于Mac的SPSSStatistics25(IBMCorpInc,Armonk,NY).
共调查了200名医生,在KHUH和QMH中,共有99.0%(99/100)的医生拥有智能手机;来自KHUH和QMH的医生中有58%(57/99)和55%(54/99),分别,将通信确定为他们在临床上使用智能手机的主要用途(P=.004)。与QMH的医生相比,KHUH的医生可能在医疗应用程序上花费更多的时间(P=0.002)。根据两家医院的总体结果,48%(32/67)的初级医生声称高度依赖智能手机,而只有32.3%(41/127)的高级医生表示相同(P=0.03)。KhuH和QMH的医生,78.0%(78/100)和69.0%(69/100),分别,要么强烈同意,要么同意智能手机需要集成到临床环境中。就未来应用程序的偏好而言,KHUH和QMH的48%(48/100)和56%(56/100)的医生,分别,同意需要创建更多的医疗应用程序,以支持智能手机在临床环境中的使用。
这些结果表明,在临床环境中,医生对智能手机的基本接受。它还需要制定政策,根据道德准则将智能手机技术正式整合到医疗保健中。应更加强调创建医疗应用程序,以帮助医疗保健专业人员从准确的来源获取他们的信息,并规范系统以监控医院内移动设备的使用情况,以防止违反患者隐私和机密性。
Smartphones and mobile applications have seen a surge in popularity in recent years, a pattern that has also been reflected in the health care system. Despite increased reliance among clinicians however, limited research has been conducted on the uptake and impact of smartphone usage in medical practice, especially outside the Western world.
This study aimed to identify the usage of smartphones and medical apps by doctors in the clinical setting in 2 culturally distinct countries: King Hamad University Hospital (KHUH), Bahrain and Queen Mary Hospital (QMH), Hong Kong.
A cross-sectional, comparative study was conducted where doctors in both hospitals were asked to take part in a 15-item online survey. The questions were categorized into the following groups: demographics of the study population, ownership and main use of smartphones, number and names of medical apps currently owned, rating usage of smartphones for medical purposes, time spent on a smartphone related to clinical use, clinical reliance on smartphones, and views on further integration of smartphones. The results were then tabulated and analyzed using SPSS Statistics 25 for Mac (IBM Corp Inc, Armonk, NY).
A total of 200 doctors were surveyed, with a total of 99.0% (99/100) of the doctors owning a smartphone in both KHUH and QMH; 58% (57/99) and 55% (54/99) of the doctors from KHUH and QMH, respectively, identified communication as their main use of smartphones in the clinical setting (P=.004). Doctors from KHUH were likely to spend more time on medical apps than doctors from QMH (P=.002). According to the overall results of both hospitals, 48% (32/67) of the junior doctors claimed high reliance on smartphones, whereas only 32.3% (41/127) of the senior doctors said the same (P=.03). Of doctors in KHUH and QMH, 78.0% (78/100) and 69.0% (69/100), respectively, either strongly agreed or agreed that smartphones need to be integrated into the clinical setting. In terms of preferences for future apps, 48% (48/100) and 56% (56/100) of the doctors in KHUH and QMH, respectively, agreed that more medical applications need to be created in order to support smartphone use in the clinical setting.
These results suggest a substantial acceptance of smartphones by doctors in the clinical setting. It also elicits the need to establish policies to officially integrate smartphone technology into health care in accordance with ethical guidelines. More emphasis should be placed on creating medical applications that aid health care professionals in attaining their information from accurate sources and also regulate a system to monitor the usage of mobile devices within hospitals to prevent a breach of patient privacy and confidentiality.