Nurses’ Willingness and Demand for Internet +home Care Services and Its Influencing Factors in Municipal Hospitals in China: A Cross-Sectional Survey (Preprint)

BACKGROUND Population aging is an important problem in the world. Family nursing has become an effective way to deal with population aging. China's Internet + home care is in its infancy, and there are few studies on the willingness and demand of clinical nurses in municipal hospitals for Internet + home care. OBJECTIVE The study aims to investigate the willingness and demand of clinical nurses in municipal hospitals in China for Internet + home care services, and analyze the factors affecting the participation of clinical nurses in municipal hospitals in Internet + home care services, and promote the development of Internet + home care. METHODS In this study, we recruited 9405 nurses from 10 hospitals in 5 regions of China by multi-stage sampling method. We use a self-designed reliability and validity questionnaire to measure nurses' willingness and demand for Internet + home care services. Data analysis adopts: χ 2 test, Welch t-test, Binary logistic regression analysis and Multiple linear regression analysis. RESULTS Nurses were highly willing to provide Internet +home care services. Statistical differences were found in the willingness to provide Internet +home care services and the preference for service distance, service period, service times and number of service between nurses in municipal hospitals (both P CONCLUSIONS The clinical nurses in municipal hospitals have a high willingness and demand for Internet + home care services, which suggests that managers need to strengthen knowledge publicity, and education, reasonably arrange the service period, duration, and frequency, improve various policies, regulations and service processes, improve the service salary of home nurses, and pay attention to the needs and willingness of nurses for Internet + home care services to improve the enthusiasm of nurses to participate in Internet + home care services.