Table 2.
Healthcare providers’ self-reported mobile device use stratified by HCP category a, b.
| Variable | Total n = 97 |
Medical student n = 23 |
Nurse n = 32 |
Resident n = 22 |
Attending physician n = 20 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own a mobile device | Yes | 97 (100.0) | 23 (100.0) | 32 (100.0) | 22 (100.0) | 20 (100.0) | * |
| Type of mobile device owned | A smart phone | 97 (100.0) | 23 (100.0) | 32 (100.0) | 22 (100.0) | 20 (100.0) | * |
| Tablet | 28 (28.9) | 12 (52.2) | 3 (9.4) | 9 (40.9) | 4 (20.0) | 0.002 | |
| Smart watch/ band | 3 (3.1) | 1 (4.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.5) | 1 (5.0) | 0.54 | |
| Do you have any medical applications on your mobile device? | Yes | 83 (85.6) | 19 (82.6) | 24 (75.0) | 22 (100.0) | 18 (90.0) | 0.05 |
| Bring mobile device to your ED shift | Yes | 97 (100.0) | 23 (100.0) | 32 (100.0) | 22 (100.0) | 20 (100.0) | * |
| Do you use your mobile device in the ED for clinical care related use (HIS/UpToDate/ drug references…etc.)? | Yes | 89 (91.8) | 21 (91.3) | 29 (90.6) | 21 (95.5) | 18 (90.0) | 0.92 |
| Do you use your mobile device for personal reasons during your shift in the ED? (E.g. web surfing/WhatsApp/Online games/banking)? | Yes | 77 (80.2) | 19 (82.6) | 26 (83.9) | 17 (77.3) | 15 (75.0) | 0.86 |
*Indicates that a P value could not be obtained due to uniformity in the responses.
aCell counts may not add up to the raw total due to missing responses in the data.
bValid percentages were used.