Table 3 Perception of healthcare workers towards usefulness and practicality of use of smart phone in clinical settings

1

Medical apps on smart phone improve my tracking of patient condition and performance

20(6.2)

67(20.6)

212(65.2)

26(8.0)

2

Medical apps on smart phone save the time and efforts of healthcare provider

18(5.5)

60(18.4)

213(65.3)

35(10.8)

3

Medical apps on smart phone rapidly retrieve of the information from the patient.

19(5.9)

79(24.7)

197(61.6)

25(7.8)

4

Medical apps on smart phone allow healthcare provider to follow up the patient condition from outside of the hospital

25(7.7)

86(26.6)

181(56.0)

31(9.7)

5

Medical apps on smart phone enable healthcare provider to get the information of the patient quickly (through the software)

19(5.9)

51(15.8)

216(67.1)

36(11.2)

Percentage mean score

58.6 ± 19.7

6

Learning to operate and use medical apps on smart phone would be easy for me

15(4.6)

29(9.0)

234(72.2)

46(14.2)

7

I would find it easy get medical apps on smart phone to do what I want it to do

16(5.0)

55(17.1)

218(67.7)

33(10.2)

8

My interaction with medical apps on smart phone would be clear and understandable

16(5.0)

45(13.9)

232(71.8)

30(9.3)

9

I would find medical apps on smart phone to be flexible to interact with

16(4.9)

39(12.0)

236(72.8)

33(10.3)

10

It would be easy for me to become skillful at using medical apps on smart phone

19(5.8)

44(13.5)

224(68.9)

38(11.8)

Percentage mean score

62.5 ± 19.9

Overall percentage mean score

60.4 ± 18.7

Negative

Neutral

Positive

Levels of perception toward smartphone use

No.(%)

No.(%)

No.(%)

Usefulness

82(26.0)

201(63.8)

32(10.2)

Practicality

54(16.9)

226(70.8)

39(12.3)

Overall perception of smartphone use

50(16.0)

226(72.4)

36(11.6)