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Distraction of clinicians by smartphones in hospitals: a concept analysis
Author(s) -
McBride Deborah L.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/jan.12674
Subject(s) - distraction , task (project management) , mobile device , computer science , intrusion , reliability (semiconductor) , medicine , human–computer interaction , psychology , world wide web , cognitive psychology , engineering , systems engineering , geochemistry , geology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Aim To report an analysis of the concept of distraction of clinicians by smartphones and other mobile devices in hospitals. Background In the healthcare literature, the concept of distraction of clinicians by smartphones and other mobile devices in hospitals has no consistent definition. Design Concept analysis. Data sources Journal articles published from 2003–2014. Methods Rodgers’ Evolutionary Concept Analysis Method was used to analyse the concept of distraction of clinicians by smartphones and other mobile devices in hospitals. Results This analysis led to a definition of distraction of clinicians by smartphones as the interruption of a hospital clinician's primary task by the internally or externally initiated use of their smartphone or other mobile device. There are six attributes of distraction by smartphones and other mobile devices in hospitals. These attributes are: (1) an experience by a clinician; (2) an intrusion into a primary clinical task; (3) discontinuity of the clinical task; (4) externally or internally initiated; (5) situated in a healthcare setting; and (6) mediated by a smartphone or other mobile device. Conclusion 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.