Jessica Longhini|Giacomo Rossettini|Alvisa Palese
Digital Health Competencies Among Health Care Professionals: Systematic Review
University of Udine|University of Verona|University of Udine
digitalization fully implemented clinical practice several factors identified possible barriers including competencies health care professionals however summary available evidence provided date depict digital health competencies investigated among health care professionals tools used assessing competencies effective interventions improve themthis review aims summarize digital health competencies investigated date tools used assess among health care professionalsa systematic review based prisma preferred reporting items systematic reviews metaanalyses checklist performed medline cumulative index nursing allied health literature psycinfo scopus databases accessed september 4 2021 studies assessing digital health competencies quantitative designs targeting health care professionals written english included methodological quality included studies evaluated using joanna briggs institute toolsa total 26 studies published 1999 2021 met inclusion criteria majority cross sectional design 2 experimental study designs studies assessed moderate low methodological quality 4 categories 9 subcategories investigated digital health competencies identified investigated category selfrated competencies followed psychological emotional aspects toward digital technologies use digital technologies knowledge digital technologies 35 926 studies previously validated tool used measure competencies assessed others developed ad hoc questionnairesmainly descriptive studies issues regarding methodology quality produced date investigating 4 main categories digital health competencies mostly nonvalidated tools competencies investigated might considered designing curricula undergraduate postgraduate continuing education processes whereas methodological lacks detected might addressed future research need expand research psychological emotional elements ability use digital technology selflearn teach othersprospero international prospective register systematic reviews crd42021282775 httpswwwcrdyorkacukprosperodisplayrecordphprecordid282775