Korean Medical Education Review (의학교육논단)

Yonsei university college of medicine (연세대학교 의과대학)
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Exploration of Factors Affecting Pro-social Intention to Disclose Information in Healthcare Settings

보건의료 환경에서 친사회적 정보공개 의도에 영향을 미치는 요인 탐색

  • Kyunghee Chun (Department of Medical Education, Konyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Young-soon Park (Department of Medical Education, Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine) ;
  • Young Jun Cho (Konyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • You Jung Lee (Konyang University College of Medicine)
  • 천경희 (건양대학교 의과대학 의학교육학교실) ;
  • 박영순 (가톨릭관동대학교 의과대학 의학교육학교실) ;
  • 조영준 (건양대학교 의과대학 의학과) ;
  • 이유정 (건양대학교 의과대학 의학과)
  • Received : 2024.06.05
  • Accepted : 2024.08.30
  • Published : 2024.10.31
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Abstract

This study investigated the relationships of situational factors, motivational assessment-related factors, and situationally induced personal characteristics with pro-social intention to disclose patient information among health and medical students. In total, 210 students from Konyang University participated in the survey, including 116 medical students and 94 other health students. To measure the influence of variables on pro-social intention to disclose information related to health information security, a 27-item questionnaire was used. The reliability of the survey was shown by Cronbach's α values of 0.859 to 0.917. According to students' perceptions, higher disease severity was significantly related to higher impacts on the patient, family, and themselves (p<0.01), as well as higher situational empathy (p<0.05). Pro-social intention to disclose showed negative correlations with health information security awareness, information education experience, perceived impact on the self, responsibility to disclose, and personal norms (r=-0.136 to -0.647, p<0.05). Responsibility to disclose and situational empathy explained approximately 44% of the variance in pro-social intention to disclose. Additionally, students who received information security training perceived a significantly higher responsibility to disclose, exhibited higher health information security awareness, and had lower pro-social intention to disclose. This study confirmed the need for information security education for health and medical students, and suggested that pro-social characteristics such as empathy and responsibility need to be carefully addressed in information security education.

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본 연구에 참여해 주신 보건의료 관련 학과 학생들에게 감사를 표하고 싶다.

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