Distraction of clinicians by smartphones in hospitals: a concept analysis

Abstract

Use of the definition and the defining attributes of distraction of clinicians by smartphones will increase the validity and reliability of future studies. It will be extended to form a classification system of distractions within a framework of clinical practice, which will be used to unify and standardize future research studies.

A Study of the Impact of an Educational Intervention on Nurse Attitudes and Behaviours toward Mobile Device Use in Hospital Settings

“…Interestingly, after the educational sessions and the trial period of device use, nurse participants were more concerned about mobile devices causing distraction in the workplace. As is reflected in other research [1,2,14,16,18], a significant number of participants' comments centered around the perceptions of patients and family. Highlighted in our findings were nurse participants' concerns that older patients would feel their nurses were being rude and disrespectfulespecially if patients believed that nurses were using their mobile devices for personal or entertainment purposes.…”

“…Nurses were also cognizant of potential distractions that mobile devices offer in the provision of patient-centered care [1,2,16,17]. Addressing this idea of clinician distraction by mobile devices, McBride (2015, p. 2027) provided a definition of distraction as "the interruption of a hospital clinician's primary task by the internally or externally initiated use of their smartphone" [18]. McBride and Levasseur (2015, p. 5) cautioned that registered nurses ".…”

Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (TIC) aplicadas en cuidados paliativos: revisión de tema

“…Es importante citar también las desventajas de usar los celulares, en este sentido el autor McBride (43) , reportó algunos atributos de distracción de estos dispositivos tales como: una intrusión en una tarea clínica primaria y discontinuidad de la tarea clínica. Por este motivo se sugiere que los clínicos que brindan cuidados paliativos trabajen conjuntamente con los profesionales que hacen el software para desarrollar aplicaciones adecuadas a las características biopsicosociales y las necesidades de la familia, los cuidadores y los pacientes (44) .Dado el auge de la portabilidad y los teléfonos celulares smartphones se vislumbra una oportunidad para el seguimiento de los pacientes como acciones de e-salud.…”

Exploring perceptions on medical app use in clinical communication among Austrian physicians: Results of a validation study

“…[8][9][10][11][12] Given the significant current and future investment into technology adoption and implementation in the healthcare sector, the extent to which medical apps support care and doctor-patient communication should be examined. [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Studying physicians' attitudes toward medical apps and their use in clinical settings is essential to identify and address barriers to their use and to create targeted education programs. As little is known so far about the Austrian healthcare sector, we developed a German survey tool including scenario-based communication settings, which we validated using principal component analysis (PCA).…”