Table 4.
Bivariate associations between willingness to use eHealth tools and sociodemographic characteristics as well as sociocognitive factors among students.
| Variables | Willing to use (N=115) | Not willing to use/uncertain about use (N=39) | t (df) | χ2 (df) | P value | ||||||
| Age, n (%) | |||||||||||
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Over 21 years | 85 (73.9) | 24 (61.5) | —a | 2.15 (1) | .14 | |||||
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18-21 years | 30 (26.1) | 15 (38.5) |
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| Gender, n (%) | |||||||||||
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Female | 75 (65.2) | 28 (71.8) | — | 0.56 (1) | .45 | |||||
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Male | 40 (34.8) | 11 (28.2) |
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| Professional education, n (%) | |||||||||||
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Nursing students | 39 (33.9) | 20 (51.3) | — | 3.71 (1) | .053 | |||||
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Medical students | 76 (66.1) | 19 (48.7) |
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| Current year of study, n (%) | |||||||||||
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Third or senior yearsb | 65 (65.0) | 16 (41.0) | — | 6.63 (1) | .01 | |||||
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Second year | 35 (35.0)a | 23 (59.0) |
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| Attitude toward using digital tools in patient care, mean (SD) | 4.0 (0.8) | 3.6 (0.9) | 2.37 (152) | — | .01 | ||||||
| Perceived benefits of using digital tools in patient care, mean (SD) | 3.8 (0.6) | 3.4 (0.7) | 3.34 (152) | — | <.001 | ||||||
| Perceived costs of using digital tools in patient care, mean (SD) | 3.0 (0.6) | 3.2 (0.5) | –1.40 (152) | — | .16 | ||||||
| Self-efficacy about personally using digital tools in patient care, mean (SD) | 5.1 (1.2) | 4.02 (1.2) | 4.16 (152) | — | <.001 | ||||||
a—: Not available
bN=100.