Exploring the relationship between health professionals' artificial intelligence literacy and their attitudes toward artificial intelligence

Abstract

This study aims to determine the relationship between health professionals' artificial intelligence (AI) literacy and their attitudes toward AI. This descriptive and correlational study was conducted between May and July 2024 in an educational research hospital located in eastern Turkey, encompassing 1378 health professionals. The sample size was calculated as 301 participants, with a 95% confidence interval and a 0.05 margin of error, and data collection was completed with 439 participants. 58.8% of the participants were male and 49.0% of them did not have information about the use of artificial intelligence in the field of health. Men, those in the 46-55 age group, postgraduates, those who received artificial intelligence education and those who support artificial intelligence in health showed higher AI literacy and positive attitudes. A strong positive correlation was found between AI literacy and attitudes (r = 0.782**; r = 0.710**), and some sociodemographic variables explained 62.1% and 48.9% of positive and negative attitudes, respectively. Participants exhibited moderate AI literacy, high positive and moderate negative attitudes; attitudes were significantly affected by sociodemographic factors.