A latent profile analysis of digital health technophobia among elderly patients with breast cancer and its association with the demand for on-line nursing care services
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2025.10.007
- VernacularTitle:老年乳腺癌术后患者数字健康技术焦虑潜在剖面分析与网约护理服务需求关系研究
- Author:
Fang HAO
1
;
Cuixin GUO
;
Yamin ZHANG
;
Zhiqing LI
Author Information
1. 河北医科大学第二医院普外六科,河北 石家庄,050000
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
in demand for online nursing care service;
digital health technophobia;
elderly patients with breast cancer;
latent profile;
cross-sectional study
- From:
Modern Clinical Nursing
2025;24(10):43-52
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To identify latent profiles of digital health technophobia among elderly patients with breast cancer and to examine differences in demand for on-line nursing care services.Methods Convenient sampling was used in this cross-sectional study.A total of 350 consecutive perioperative elderly patients with primary breast cancer were recruited from the Departments of General Surgery,affiliated to three Tier-IIIA hospitals in Shijiazhuang from June 2022 to June 2023.Data were collected with a general-information questionnaire,technophobia scale,and demand scale for online appointment nursing service.Results All 348 patients completed the survey.Digital health technophobia in elderly patients with primary breast cancer were categorised into four latent profiles:low technophobia(n=65,18.68%),high technophobia with moderate privacy-security concern(n=96,27.59%),moderate technophobia with high privacy security concern(n=85,24.43%),and high technophobia(n=102,29.31%).There was significant difference in demand for online nursing care services regarding the four latent profiles(F=446.149,P<0.05).Conclusion Elderly patients with breast cancer exhibit four profiles regarding digital health technophobia.It is found that each profile associates with specific demands of online nursing care services.Nursing staff should take tailored interventions to target specific digital health technophobia profiles to meet the demands of online nursing care services among the elderly patients with breast cancer.
