ArticleBMC nursing2021
Barriers and facilitators of using mobile devices as an educational tool by nursing students: a qualitative research.
Article in BMC nursing, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Digital Technology-Based Learning to Facilitate Critical Thinking by Student Nurses in Clinical Practice.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Article
- Personal and professional use of mobile health applications among Iranian nurses: a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Facilitators and Barriers to Adoption of Mobile Learning Technologies in Undergraduate Health Professional Education in Clinical Environments: A Scoping Review.Journal of medical systems · 2026Article
- Digital engagement and knowledge about zoonoses among dog and cat owners in Rio de Janeiro: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- The Effectiveness of Mobile Applications in Improving Nursing Students' Knowledge Related to Pressure Injury Prevention.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Dementia Education for Workforce Excellence: Evaluation of a Novel Bichronous Approach.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Mobile devices for developing nursing students' professional skills: scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2024Article
- Including audience response systems in debriefing. A mixed study during nursing simulation-based learning.BMC nursing · 2023Article
- Mobile technology acceptance among undergraduate nursing students instructed by blended learning at selected educational institutions in South India.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
- Perceptions of Retired Nurses on Factors Preventing Younger Professional Nurses from Applying the Ethos of Ubuntu in Professional Care.SAGE open nursingArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundAlthough the use of mobile devices can facilitate the learning process, there may be barriers to using them for learning purposes. This study aimed to identify and investigate the barriers and facilitators of using mobile devices as an educational device from the perspective of nursing students.
methodsThis qualitative descriptive study was conducted in 2020 on undergraduate nursing students of the Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Tehran University of Medical Sciences. A total of 22 undergraduate nursing students were selected by purposive sampling with maximum variability. Inclusion criteria were Undergraduate nursing education, having mobile devices, and willingness to participate in research. Data were collected through semi-structured individual interviews for 45-75 min in the proposed environment of students until the data were saturated. Data analysis was performed manually using the framework analysis method with the steps: familiarization, identifying a thematic framework, indexing, Charting and Synthesis, Mapping, and Interpretation. Trustworthiness was determined by methods of Credibility, Dependability, Conformability, and Transferability.
resultsThe majority of participants (45.45%) were 21 years old, 63.63% were women, and 36.36% studied in the 8th semester. Findings from the analysis of interviews showed that barriers to the use of mobile devices were classified into 4 main categories (barriers related to mobile devices, barriers related to Internet access, barriers related to information literacy, cultural-environmental barriers) and 15 subcategories, and facilitating the use of mobile devices was divided into 2 main categories (easy to use mobile devices and easy access to information) and 6 subcategories.
conclusionThe results of this study help educational managers and curriculum planners to adapt to technological change, to focus on the many benefits of mobile devices as an educational tool, and to plan to overcome barriers to mobile device use, and use mobile devices to teach theoretical topics and clinical nursing skills effectively.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.