Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: AIMS: To investigate public perceptions of telenursing in South Korea, an Asian country that is transitioning to the introduction of telenursing and possesses a high level of information and communication technology. This study sought to uncover strategies for the successful introduction and extension of telenursing by identifying the characteristics of existing perceptions. DESIGN: Q methodology was applied. METHODS: A total of 188 Q populations were selected from the literature, Internet sources, newspaper articles and in-depth interviews about telenursing, from which the final 37 Q statements were derived. Forty-nine people who were expected to have diverse perspectives about telenursing were selected purposively and participated in Q-sorting. The data were obtained from November 2022 to December 2022 and analysed with principal component analysis and varimax rotations using PQMethod version 2.11. RESULTS: Five types of perceptions regarding telenursing in South Korea were identified: 'Factor I: Preference for convenience and efficiency of telenursing, Active acceptance', 'Factor II: Complete support for telenursing, Total acceptance', 'Factor III: Complete skepticism for telenursing, Total nonacceptance', 'Factor IV: Expectance of the supplementary roles of telenursing, Immediate acceptance' and 'Factor V: Expectance of the supplementary roles of telenursing, Prolonged acceptance'. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: Patients and the public were not involved in this study's design, recruitment and implementation.
Source: Nursing Open
DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70087
Author: Ick‐Jee Kim
Institution: Youngsan University
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,230
Funder: Youngsan University
OpenAlex ID: W4404282513