Association Between Ethical Sensitivity and Attitudes Towards Recording and Protecting Personal Data in Nursing Students

INTRODUCTION[|]This study was conducted to find out the association between ethical sensitivities of nursing students and their attitudes towards recording and protecting personal health data. [¤]METHODS[|]The population of this descriptive study consists of 514 nursing students studying at nursing...

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Main Authors: Esra Tural Büyük, Nihal Ünaldı Baydın
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Turkish Bioethics Association 2020-12-01
Series:Türkiye Biyoetik Dergisi
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Online Access:https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=tjob&un=TJOB-93685
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Nihal Ünaldı Baydın
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description INTRODUCTION[|]This study was conducted to find out the association between ethical sensitivities of nursing students and their attitudes towards recording and protecting personal health data. [¤]METHODS[|]The population of this descriptive study consists of 514 nursing students studying at nursing department of a university during 2019-2020 academic year spring term and the sample of the study consists of 412 students. Descriptive Information Form prepared by the researchers in line with the literature, Ethical Sensitivity Questionnaire for Nursing Students (ESQ-NS) and Attitude Scale for Recording and Protecting Personal Health Data for Nursing Students (ASRPPHDNS) were used as data collection instruments. [¤]RESULTS[|]Results: 44.4% of the students stated that they encountered ethical problems in clinical practices and 89.3% stated that care was taken in recording and protecting personal health data in clinical practices. It was found that average total score of ESQ-NS was 4.92+-0.57 and average total score of ASRPPHDNS was 130.28+-17.38. Statistically significant association was found between students' gender and average ethical sensitivity and attitude for recording and protecting personal health data scores and it was found to be positive for female students. A positive moderately significant association was found between average ESQ-NS total scores and ASRPPHDNS total scores (r=0.421, **p<0.000). [¤]DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION[|]As a result of the study, it was found that students had moderate level of ethical sensitivity and high attitudes towards recording and protecting patients' personal health data.[¤]
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spelling doaj.art-775f7c709a7e4e1596066a104d18dadc2023-02-15T16:08:24ZengTurkish Bioethics AssociationTürkiye Biyoetik Dergisi2148-59172020-12-017419821010.5505/tjob.2020.93685TJOB-93685Association Between Ethical Sensitivity and Attitudes Towards Recording and Protecting Personal Data in Nursing StudentsEsra Tural Büyük0Nihal Ünaldı Baydın1Faculty Of Health Sciences, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, TurkeyFaculty Of Health Sciences, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, TurkeyINTRODUCTION[|]This study was conducted to find out the association between ethical sensitivities of nursing students and their attitudes towards recording and protecting personal health data. [¤]METHODS[|]The population of this descriptive study consists of 514 nursing students studying at nursing department of a university during 2019-2020 academic year spring term and the sample of the study consists of 412 students. Descriptive Information Form prepared by the researchers in line with the literature, Ethical Sensitivity Questionnaire for Nursing Students (ESQ-NS) and Attitude Scale for Recording and Protecting Personal Health Data for Nursing Students (ASRPPHDNS) were used as data collection instruments. [¤]RESULTS[|]Results: 44.4% of the students stated that they encountered ethical problems in clinical practices and 89.3% stated that care was taken in recording and protecting personal health data in clinical practices. It was found that average total score of ESQ-NS was 4.92+-0.57 and average total score of ASRPPHDNS was 130.28+-17.38. Statistically significant association was found between students' gender and average ethical sensitivity and attitude for recording and protecting personal health data scores and it was found to be positive for female students. A positive moderately significant association was found between average ESQ-NS total scores and ASRPPHDNS total scores (r=0.421, **p<0.000). [¤]DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION[|]As a result of the study, it was found that students had moderate level of ethical sensitivity and high attitudes towards recording and protecting patients' personal health data.[¤]https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=tjob&un=TJOB-93685nursing studentsethical sensitivity; personal health data; data registration; data preservation
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Association Between Ethical Sensitivity and Attitudes Towards Recording and Protecting Personal Data in Nursing Students
Türkiye Biyoetik Dergisi
nursing students
ethical sensitivity; personal health data; data registration; data preservation
title Association Between Ethical Sensitivity and Attitudes Towards Recording and Protecting Personal Data in Nursing Students
title_full Association Between Ethical Sensitivity and Attitudes Towards Recording and Protecting Personal Data in Nursing Students
title_fullStr Association Between Ethical Sensitivity and Attitudes Towards Recording and Protecting Personal Data in Nursing Students
title_full_unstemmed Association Between Ethical Sensitivity and Attitudes Towards Recording and Protecting Personal Data in Nursing Students
title_short Association Between Ethical Sensitivity and Attitudes Towards Recording and Protecting Personal Data in Nursing Students
title_sort association between ethical sensitivity and attitudes towards recording and protecting personal data in nursing students
topic nursing students
ethical sensitivity; personal health data; data registration; data preservation
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