Aims: Technology in a care setting can help for health professions and improve communication in the multidisciplinary but smartphone use during the care process would cause distraction and medication errors. This study aimed to develop and validate the Italian version of the Nurses’ Use of Personal Communication Devices Questionnaire (PCDs Questionnaire) Methods: This study took place at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy between July 2018 and September 2018. A self-administered 22-item Nurses’ Use PCDs Questionnaire was designed and administrated to 193 nurses (average age of the sample 41.6, SD=9.8, 64.8% females). Exploratory factor analysis was performed to assess the instrument's construct validity. Cronbach's alpha coefficients were used to determine internal consistency. Results: A culturally adapted Italian version of Nurses’ Use of Personal Communication Devices Questionnaire (PCDs Questionnaire) was provided. The internal consistency of the Italian version of Nurses’ Use PCDs Questionnaire-Ita measured with Cronbach's alpha (α) was higher (.780). Conclusions: The Nurses’ Use PCDs Questionnaire (Italian version) is a valid tool capable to examining the impact of personal communication devices use (such as basic cell phones, enhanced cell phones or smartphones, and tablet computers) in hospital on patient care. Therefore, the instrument could be adopted in clinical settings as a periodic nursing report. Guidelines on PCD use should be developed to reduce the potential for distraction and preventing medical errors.

Nurses distracted by smartphone use during clinical practice. Italian validation of the "Nurses' use of personal communication devices (PCD) questionnaire" / Di Muzio, Marco; Napoli, Christian; Fiorinelli, Massimo; Orsi, Giovanni Battista. - In: APPLIED NURSING RESEARCH. - ISSN 0897-1897. - 49:(2019), pp. 23-28. [10.1016/j.apnr.2019.07.008]

Nurses distracted by smartphone use during clinical practice. Italian validation of the "Nurses' use of personal communication devices (PCD) questionnaire"

Di Muzio, Marco
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Napoli, Christian;Orsi, Giovanni Battista
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2019

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Aims: Technology in a care setting can help for health professions and improve communication in the multidisciplinary but smartphone use during the care process would cause distraction and medication errors. This study aimed to develop and validate the Italian version of the Nurses’ Use of Personal Communication Devices Questionnaire (PCDs Questionnaire) Methods: This study took place at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy between July 2018 and September 2018. A self-administered 22-item Nurses’ Use PCDs Questionnaire was designed and administrated to 193 nurses (average age of the sample 41.6, SD=9.8, 64.8% females). Exploratory factor analysis was performed to assess the instrument's construct validity. Cronbach's alpha coefficients were used to determine internal consistency. Results: A culturally adapted Italian version of Nurses’ Use of Personal Communication Devices Questionnaire (PCDs Questionnaire) was provided. The internal consistency of the Italian version of Nurses’ Use PCDs Questionnaire-Ita measured with Cronbach's alpha (α) was higher (.780). Conclusions: The Nurses’ Use PCDs Questionnaire (Italian version) is a valid tool capable to examining the impact of personal communication devices use (such as basic cell phones, enhanced cell phones or smartphones, and tablet computers) in hospital on patient care. Therefore, the instrument could be adopted in clinical settings as a periodic nursing report. Guidelines on PCD use should be developed to reduce the potential for distraction and preventing medical errors.
2019
distraction; cellular phone; nurses; cronbach’s alpha; validation
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Nurses distracted by smartphone use during clinical practice. Italian validation of the "Nurses' use of personal communication devices (PCD) questionnaire" / Di Muzio, Marco; Napoli, Christian; Fiorinelli, Massimo; Orsi, Giovanni Battista. - In: APPLIED NURSING RESEARCH. - ISSN 0897-1897. - 49:(2019), pp. 23-28. [10.1016/j.apnr.2019.07.008]
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