title: Clinical Use of Smartphones Among Medical and Nursing Staff in Greece: A Survey.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical use of smartphones among medical and nursing staff in Greece. This study used a 17-item questionnaire that was administered to the participants by the authors. The sample consists of 974 participants of 1200 who were asked to participate (ie, a response rate of 81.3%). The survey was open to all categories of medical and nursing staff (junior doctors, specialized doctors, assistant nurses, and RNs). In total, 167 participants (18.5%) were nurse assistants; 385 participants (42.6%), nurses; 154 participants (17%), specialized doctors; and 198 participants (21.9%), junior doctors. The data analysis was performed using SPSS Statistics (version 21), and the significance level was set to .05. Medical doctors own smartphones on a higher percentage in comparison with nurses. Among smartphone owners, medical doctors use their devices for clinical issues more frequently compared with nurses. Although medical doctors believe that smartphones can be a great tool for their work, they state that they do not use it for clinical reasons. Nurses state that they do not use their smartphones for clinical reasons because they are not aware of the existence of applications that can be used to assist them in their daily clinical tasks.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Gonk "Oi Agioi Anargyroi" (Dr Stergiannis); General Hospital of Nikaia Agios Panteleimon (Dr Intas and Ms Chalari); Technological Educational Institute of Athens (Dr Toulia); General Hospital of Thessaloniki Agios Pavlos (Dr Tsolakoglou); Department of Archive and Library Science, Ionian University (Dr Kostagiolas); Vocational Training Institute Educator (Dr Christodoulou); General Hospital of Nea Ionia (Mr Kiriakopoulos); and Critical Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Faculty of Nursing, University of Athens (Dr Filntisis), Greece.
authors.forename: Pantelis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stergiannis
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Intas
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Toulia
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tsolakoglou
authors.forename: Petros
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kostagiolas
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Christodoulou
authors.forename: Eleftheria
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chalari
authors.forename: Vasilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kiriakopoulos
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Filntisis
mesh_terms: D001292:Attitude to Computers; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D063731:Mobile Applications / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D000068997:Smartphone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires