Table 5 Associations between skills and use of sources of evidence
From: Factors influencing the development of evidence-based practice among nurses: a self-report survey
Sources of evidence | Self-reported skills | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Finding research-based evidence | Beginner or novice | Quite good | Competent or expert | Pvalue1 |
Information obtained from articles published in nursing journals | <0.001 | |||
Seldom/never | 119 (53.1) | 43 (36.4) | 18 (30.5) | |
Sometimes | 79 (35.3) | 63 (53.4) | 27 (45.8) | |
Often/always | 26 (11.6) | 12 (10.2) | 14 (23.7) | |
Information obtained from articles published in medical journals | <0.001 | |||
Seldom/never | 137 (61.2) | 46 (39.0) | 16 (27.1) | |
Sometimes | 68 (30.4) | 58 (49.2) | 24 (40.7) | |
Often/always | 19 (8.5) | 14 (11.9) | 19 (32.2) | |
Assessing research-based evidence | ||||
Information obtained from articles published in nursing journals | <0.001 | |||
Seldom/never | 134 (51.3) | 35 (34.7) | 11 (28.2) | |
Sometimes | 101 (38.7) | 55 (54.5) | 14 (35.9) | |
Often/always | 26 (10.0) | 11 (10.9) | 14 (35.9) | |
Information obtained from articles published in medical journals | <0.001 | |||
Seldom/never | 152 (76.4) | 90 (59.6) | 19 (37.3) | |
Sometimes | 39 (19.6) | 46 (30.5) | 16 (31.4) | |
Often/always | 8 (4.0) | 15 (9.9) | 16 (31.4) | |
Using research-based evidence to change practice | ||||
Information obtained from articles published in nursing journals | <0.001 | |||
Seldom/never | 147 (50.9) | 27 (31.4) | 5 (20.0) | |
Sometimes | 114 (39.4) | 46 (53.5) | 10 (40.0) | |
Often/always | 28 (9.7) | 13 (15.1) | 10 (40.0) | |
Information obtained from articles published in medical journals | <0.001 | |||
Seldom/never | 164 (56.7) | 31 (36.0) | 3 (12.0) | |
Sometimes | 107 (37.0) | 34 (39.5) | 9 (36.0) | |
Often/always | 18 (6.2) | 21 (24.4) | 13 (52.0) | |