Table 2.
Nurses' mean scores on perception scales and response frequencies for individual scale items
| Mean (SD) | Response frequencies (%) on 0–6 scale* | |||||||
| 0 Not at all | 1 A little | 2 Some | 3 Moderate amount | 4 Pretty much | 5 Quite a lot | 6 A great deal | ||
| Perceived ease of use (PEOU) (N=82) | 2.80 (1.17) | |||||||
| Clear and understandable | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 10 | |
| Easy to use | 7 | 23 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 0 | |
| Requires a lot of mental effort† | 1 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 26 | 5 | |
| Easy to get it to do what I want | 10 | 19 | 32 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 2 | |
| Perceived usefulness, generic (PU) (N=82) | 1.82 (1.45) | |||||||
| Improves job performance | 21 | 15 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 6 | |
| Increases productivity | 55 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enhances effectiveness in job | 33 | 15 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | |
| Useful in job | 21 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | |
| Perceived social influence, generic (SI) (N=75) | 4.09 (1.66) | |||||||
| People who influence my behavior want me to use system | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 35 | |
| People who are important to me want me to use system | 4 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 27 | |
| Perceptions of BCMA training (TRAINING) (N=83) | 2.77 (1.26) | |||||||
| Amount received | 1 | 18 | 26 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 2 | |
| Usefulness of training | 5 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 1 | |
| Completeness of training | 5 | 16 | 32 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | |
| How well timed was training | 7 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 4 | |
| Perceptions of technical support (SUPPORT) (N=74) | 3.11 (1.43) | |||||||
| Quickness of response | 4 | 14 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 6 | |
| Support staff helpfulness | 1 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 12 | 21 | 7 | |
| Perceived usefulness for patient care (PU-PT) (N=82) | 1.92 (1.46) | |||||||
| Improves patient care | 15 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 8 | |
| Reduces likelihood of medication error | 11 | 22 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 10 | |
| Facilitates better patient care decision making | 39 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Makes caring for patients easier | 51 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Perceived social influence from patient/family (SI-PT) (N=75) | 3.35 (1.54) | |||||||
| Patients/families like system | 1 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 27 | 19 | 4 | |
| Patients/families believe system reduces chances of medication errors | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 25 | 16 | |
| Patients/families believe system is good for quality patient care | 1 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 22 | 13 | |
| Patients/families appreciate being scanned before medication administration | 15 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 22 | 7 | |
*
Calculated as the proportion of valid responses.
†
Item reverse-scaled for scale construction.