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Table 8 Barriers to WNCS implementation

From: Nursing staff’s evaluation of facilitators and barriers during implementation of wireless nurse call systems in residential care facilities. A cross-sectional study

Determinant / item

Mean

SD

Median

Range

N

TD/D (%)

A/TA (%)

D8 Personal benefits

a) WNCS makes my work performance better^

3.45

(1.11)

4

(1–5)

98

20

55

D8 Personal drawbacks*

WNCS is too demanding to learn1

2.86

(1.13)

3

(5-1)

98

44

37

D16 Self-efficacy

g) I can operate the WNCS software on the PC~

3.19

(1.40)

3

(1–5)

75

22

38

D17 Knowledge

b) I had sufficient prior knowledge when WNCS was introduced^

3.04

(1.20)

3

(1–5)

98

37

37

e) The mobile transceiver was demonstrated during training^

3.81

(1.36)

4

(1–50)

98

23

70

h) I need more training and supervision about WNCS^

3.24

(1.14)

3

(1–5)

98

26

48

 D24 Material resources and facilities^

3.67

(1.00)

4

(1–50

97

21

65

  1. Abbreviations: WNCS wirelessnurse call system, TD/D totally disagree/disagree, A/TA agree/totally agree. TD/D value ≥20% indicates that the determinant or item is a barrier to the implementation. The percentage values are rounded to the nearest whole number. 1 In the personal drawback item, the barrier is expressed in the A/TA column. Response scales: ^ 1; totally disagree, 2; disagree, 3; neither agree nor disagree, 4; agree, 5; totally agree. * 1; totally agree, 2; agree, 3; neither agree nor disagree, 4; disagree, 5; totally disagree. ~ 1; most definitely not, 2; definitely not, 3; perhaps, perhaps not, 4; definitely, 5; most definitely