Abstract:

: This research was carried out to determine the attitudes of nursing students towards the registration and protection of personal health data and related factors. The research was carried out in cross-sectional and descriptive design. The sample consisted of 326 nursing students studying at a university. Data were collected with the “Student Descriptive Information Form” and the “Attitude Scale on Registration and Protection of Personal Health Data for Nursing Students”. Descriptive statistics, t-test and one-way analysis of variance were used in the analysis of the data. The mean score of the students’ Attitudes scale towards the Registration and Protection of Personal Health Data scale was determined as 3.81±0.86. A statistically significant difference was determined between the total and sub-dimension point averages of the attitude scale regarding registration and protecting personal health data according to the self-evaluation levels of students’ academic achievement (p<0.05). This research has shown that nursing students’ attitudes towards registration and protecting personal health data are positive.

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