Hospital Employees' Knowledge, Recognition and Practice on the Protection of Personal Information

개인정보 보호에 대한 의료기관 종사자들의 지식, 인식과 실천

  • Jeong, Ji-Na (Dept. of Health Administration, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Moon, Inn-Oh (Dept. of Nursing, Wonkwang Health Science University)
  • 정지나 (원광대학교 보건행정학과) ;
  • 문인오 (원광보건대학교 간호학과)
  • Published : 2015.06.30

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate hospital employees' knowledge, recognition and practice on the protection of personal information. A total of 250 hospital employees were selected using convenient sampling in J province. The data were collected using self-reported questionnaire and were analyzed using SPSS 18.0 program and descriptive statistics, Chi-squire test, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficients. Average score for knowledge, recognition and practice were significantly associated with gender, education, hospital size and there was a correlation among knowledge, recognition and practice. The results of this study will help to develop education program on the protection of personal information for hospital employees.

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