Table 1.
Characteristics and information and communications technology competency of physicians and nurses in Norway (N=226) and Lithuania (N=310).
| Characteristics | Norway | Lithuania | |||
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Physicians (n=63) | Nurses (n=163) | Physicians (n=137) | Nurses (n=173) | |
| Gender, n (%) | |||||
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Female | 16 (25) | 151 (93.2) | 107 (78.1) | 171 (98.8) |
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Male | 47 (75) | 11 (6.8) | 30 (21.9) | 2 (1.2) |
| Age (range: 23-76 years), mean (SD) | 48 (11) | 45 (11) | 51 (12) | 46 (9) | |
| Education degree | |||||
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PhD, n (%) | 19 (30) | —a | 37 (27.0) | — |
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Master, n (%) | 12 (19) | 13 (8.0) | 100 (73.0) | 14 (8.1) |
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Bachelor, n (%) | — | 150 (92.0) | — | 64 (37.0) |
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Other type of degree, n (%) | 32 (51) | — | — | 95 (54.9) |
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Post graduate experience (years), median (IQRb) | 19 (12-28) | 16 (9-25) | 28 (15-35) | 26 (20-32) |
| Work time, n (%) | |||||
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Full-time | 32 (51) | 59 (36.2) | 44 (32.1) | 115 (66.5) |
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Part-time days/week | 19 (30) | 64 (39.3) | 38 (27.7) | 16 (9.2) |
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Part-time hours/week | 10 (16) | 30 (18.4) | 54 (39.4) | 35 (20.2) |
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Unreported or missing | 2 (3) | 10 (6.1) | 1 (0.7) | 7 (4.0) |
| Hospital level, n (%) | |||||
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University | 11 (18) | 25 (15.3) | 47 (34) | 88 (51.0) |
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Second or third | 48 (76) | 128 (78.5) | 82 (60) | 80 (46.2) |
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Private | 4 (8) | 7 (4.3) | 8 (6) | 3 (1.7) |
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Unreported or missing | 0 (0) | 3 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.0) |
| ICTc competency | |||||
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Computer experience (years), median (IQR) | 25 (20-30) | 20 (16-25) | 15 (10-20) | 12 (10-17) |
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Operating system, n (%) | 60 (95) | 158 (96.9) | 126 (92.0) | 149 (86.1) |
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Programs, n (%) | 61 (97) | 153 (93.9) | 109 (79.6) | 124 (71.7) |
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Programming language, n (%) | 11 (18) | 43 (26) | 18 (13) | 22 (13) |
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Email, n (%) | 63 (100) | 162 (99.4) | 137 (100) | 163 (94.2) |
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Email mobile phone, n (%) | 56 (89) | 154 (94.5) | 108 (78.8) | 118 (68.2) |
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Internet, n (%) | 63 (100) | 162 (99.4) | 137 (100) | 167 (96.5) |
aParticipants did not have the degree in question.
bIQR: interquartile range.
cICT: information and communications technology.