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Table 3.

Association of Background Variables With Three Informatics Competencies (Linear Regression)

	Nursing Documentation	Digital Environment	Ethics and Data Protection
	β	β	β
Age	−0.121^a	−0.110^a	−0.087^b
Graduation year	0.075^c	0.215^a	0.139^a
Education (ref. RN, post–secondary education)
RN, bachelor of healthcare	0.029	0.035	0.011
RN, master of healthcare and master of nursing science	0.059^a	0.131^a	0.072^a
Work sector (ref. inpatient ward)
Outpatient care and virtual hospital	−0.032	0.098^a	0.022
Emergency room and emergency care	−0.002	0.045^b	0.018
Examination, operation, and labor	−0.028	0.076^a	0.034
Mobile care and home healthcare	−0.050^b	0.012	−0.014
Number of daily logins to different HISs	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Experience using a particular HIS daily (ref. <6 months)
6 months-1 year	0.050^b	−0.009	0.014
1 year-3 years	0.053^c	−0.028	0.037
3 years-6 years	0.043^c	−0.011	0.010
>6 years	0.044	−0.072^b	0.037
Experienced as HIS user (ref. beginner)
Entry level specialist	0.098^a	0.047	0.087^b
Intermediate	0.303^a	0.133^b	0.196^a
Advanced	0.559^a	0.336^a	0.341^a
Expert	0.736^a	0.541^a	0.492^a
Observations	3124	3122	3089
Adjusted R²	0.222	0.232	0.120

Standardized β coefficients; n.s. = not significant.

^aP < .001.

^bP < .01.

^cP < .05.