Table 5 Relationship between demographic characteristics of health professionals and overall satisfaction with the EHRs system
From: Health professionals’ perceptions of electronic health records system: a mixed method study in Ghana
Characteristics | Number of Participant n = 263 (%) | Overall Satisfaction with the EHRs system | Fisher’s exact P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes n = 197 (74.9) | No n = 66 (25.1) | |||
Age-group | 0.069 | |||
< 30 years | 132 (50.19) | 104 (52.79) | 28 (42.42) | |
30–39 years | 94 (35.74) | 70 (35.53) | 24 (36.36) | |
40–49 years | 29 (11.03) | 20 (10.15) | 9 (13.64) | |
50 + years | 8 (3.04) | 3 (1.52) | 5 (7.58) | |
Gender | 0.776 | |||
Female | 134 (50.95) | 98 (49.75) | 31 (46.97) | |
Male | 129 (49.05) | 99 (50.25) | 35 (53.03) | |
Educational background | 0.643 | |||
PhD/Masters | 37 (14.07) | 26 (13.20) | 11 (16.67) | |
BSc | 132 (50.19) | 98 (49.75) | 34 (51.52) | |
HND/Diploma | 94 (35.74) | 73 (37.06) | 21 (31.82) | |
Number of years in service | 0.120 | |||
6 months − 1 year | 62 (23.57) | 49 (24.87) | 13 (19.70) | |
1–5years | 118 (44.87) | 88 (44.67) | 30 (45.45) | |
6 -10years | 52 (19.77) | 42 (21.32) | 10 (15.15) | |
10 + years | 31 (11.79) | 18 (9.14) | 13 (19.70) | |
Number of years in practice in the facility | 0.305 | |||
6 months − 1 year | 77 (29.28) | 60 (30.46) | 17 (25.76) | |
1–5years | 128 (48.67) | 99 (50.25) | 29 (43.94) | |
6–10years | 41 (15.59) | 27 (13.71) | 14 (21.21) | |
10 + years | 17 (6.46) | 11 (5.58) | 6 (9.09) | |
Number of years of experience with EHRs | 0.277 | |||
6 months − 1 year | 154 (58.56) | 115 (58.38) | 39 (59.09) | |
1–5years | 76 (28.90) | 56 (28.43) | 20 (30.30) | |
6–10years | 20 (7.60) | 18 (9.14) | 2 (3.03) | |
10 + years | 13 (4.94) | 8 (4.06) | 5 (7.58) | |
Professions | 0.218 | |||
Nursing | 117 (44.49) | 81 (41.12) | 36 (54.55) | |
Physicians/Doctors | 15 (5.70) | 10 (5.08) | 5 (7.58) | |
Biomedical Scientists | 12 (4.56) | 11 (5.58) | 1 (1.52) | |
Pharmacists | 12 (4.56) | 10 (5.08) | 2 (3.03) | |
Allied health professionals | 107 (40.68) | 85 (43.15) | 22 (33.33) | |