JIM - Jornal de Investigação Médica (Jul 2023)

HOW DO NURSING STUDENTS PERCEIVE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY? A PSYCHOMETRIC VALIDATION STUDY OF THE USABILITY EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE IN VIETNAM

  • Le Thanh Tung,
  • Ngo Huy Hoang,
  • Nguyen Thi Minh Chinh,
  • Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong,
  • Mai Thi Thanh Thu,
  • Truong Quang Trung,
  • Duong Thi Thu Huyen ,
  • Nguyen Thi Thu Huong,
  • Kazi Shafiqul Halim,
  • Mohammad Gilam Iqbal,
  • Israt Jahan Ummon,
  • Masood Mohammed Abdul Aziz,
  • Farhana Ferdaus,
  • Nahida Sultana,
  • Farhana Manzoor,
  • Nandita Islam Pia,
  • Ridwanur Rahman,
  • Naheyan Bin Rahman,
  • Essi Ylistalo,
  • Katariina Kunnas,
  • Annukka Huuskonen,
  • Nina Smolander,
  • João Manuel Garcia do Nascimento Graveto,
  • Anabela de Sousa Salgueiro Oliveira,
  • João Gonçalo Ribeiro Pardal,
  • Paulo Jorge dos Santos Costa,
  • Pedro Miguel dos Santos Dinis Parreira

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The rapid advancement of technology has transformed the role of nurses and nursing students in patient care, making it an integral component of healthcare delivery. The use of innovative technologies has become commonplace in healthcare settings, creating a high-tech environment that can enhance nursing care quality and patient experience. It is essential for nursing staff and students to be receptive to incorporating such tools into their practice to ensure safe and efficient use of various forms of healthcare technology. Objective: Given the absence of an existing tool in Vietnam to evaluate healthcare students’ technology acceptance, the aim of our research was to culturally adapt, translate, and validate the Usability Evaluation Questionnaire (UtEQ) among nursing students in Vietnam. Method: We conducted a methodological and cross-sectional study in two phases: translation of the UtEQ to Vietnamese (UtEQ-V) following six stages proposed by Beaton and collaborators, and assessment of its psychometric properties in a non-probability sample of 295 Vietnamese nursing students. Results: The UtEQ-V’s reliability was found to be above 0.8 for all factors (.88–.95), while confirmatory factor analysis showed adequate goodness-of-fit indicators. Conclusion: The UtEQ-V is a reliable and valid instrument that can support nursing educators and researchers to assess students’ technology acceptance during their clinical training.

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