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Record W4414874133 · doi:10.2196/preprints.85283

Informatics Competency and Technology Self-Efficacy Profiles in Saudi Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint)

2025· preprint· en· W4414874133 on OpenAlex
Nader Alnomasy, Habib Alrashedi, Sharifah Alsayed, Petelyne Pangket, Razan Alsayed

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Typepreprint
Languageen
FieldSocial Sciences
TopicHealth Education and Validation
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsHealth informaticsInformaticsCurriculumDescriptive statisticsHealth Administration InformaticsWorkforceHealth information technologyNurse education

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<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> The Saudi Arabian healthcare sector is transforming under Vision 2030, with the goal of digitizing services. This necessitates a digitally prepared nursing workforce; however, evidence suggests that nursing students have limited informatics competency, and these skills are minimally covered in their training </sec> <sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> To measure the baseline informatics competency and technology self-efficacy of Saudi undergraduate nursing students </sec> <sec> <title>METHODS</title> Using a descriptive cross-sectional design, data were collected from 243 undergraduate nursing students from Hail University via an online survey. The survey content covered demographics, informatics competency (Canadian Nurse Informatics Competency Assessment Scale), and digital technology self-efficacy. Data analysis employed descriptive statistics, t-tests, analysis of variance, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis </sec> <sec> <title>RESULTS</title> Students reported a moderate level of informatics competency, with a mean Canadian Nurse Informatics Competency Assessment Scale score of 2.16 (out of 4). They also showed moderate-to-high self-efficacy for digital technology, with a mean score of 2.7 (out of 4). Competency informatics scores were significantly higher among students with prior informatics training and frequent electronic health record exposure. Additionally, self-efficacy for digital technology was positively associated with informatics competency </sec> <sec> <title>CONCLUSIONS</title> There is a substantial gap between the informatics competencies of Saudi undergraduate nursing students and the expectations of Vision 2030. The findings indicate the need for improvements in informatics training and clinical electronic health record experience in the nursing curriculum to create a digitally competent workforce in the future </sec> <sec> <title>CLINICALTRIAL</title> NA </sec>

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metaresearch head score (Codex)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.025
Threshold uncertainty score0.821

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

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Metaresearch0.0020.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.000
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

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Opus teacher head0.055
GPT teacher head0.457
Teacher spread0.403 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

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