Academic Research Journal on Health Information Management

Vol. 4(1), pp. 1-8, October 2023

ISSN: 2734-2190

https://doi.org/10.14662/arjhim2023010

 

Full Length Research

 

 

Attitude of healthcare providers towards documentation of medical records at the University Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital

 

Sylvanus A. Wosa, Dr. Gaius Ada, Pauline Chindinma Okocha, Dr. Hanson Levi Usende & Ikpoko-ore-ebirien Dike Isaruk

 

1-5School of Health Information Management Rivers State College of Health Science and Management Technology, Port Harcourt. Email: 1wosasylvanus@gmail.com 5dykeman1974@gmail.com 2 Rivers State Ministry of Health Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Email: adagaius5@gmail.com 3Rivers State Primary Health Care Department Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria. Email: chipal83@yahoo.com 4 Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Email: belejit97@gmail.com  

Corresponding author's E-mail: adagaius5@gmail.com  

Accepted 23 September 2023

Abstract

Abstract: The aim of this study the attitude of healthcare providers towards documentation of medical records at the University Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. The research study design of this study is a comparative design method. The population comprised of 482 healthcare providers at University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. The data collected or gathered from the administration of the instrument were analysed using the IBM Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 25. The data collected were using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results from the study revealed the respondents did not differ on the attitude of healthcare providers towards documentation of medical records. The t(1) = 1.284, p =.200; the p-value is greater than the chosen alpha value of 0.05 (p> 0.05). Therefore, the null hypothesis is not rejected, meaning that there is no significant difference on the attitude of healthcare providers towards documentation of medical records between University Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. Therefore, the study concluded that, there is no difference between the study variable in University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital on the documentation of medical records.

 

Keywords: Attitude, Healthcare, Medical records, Documentation, Healthcare providers.

Paper type: research