Table 3: Odds -ratios (OR) for a high score on the EBP-implementation scale, adjusted for sex and age.

 

 

N

(%)

OR

CI

p-value

Profession

  Registered nurses

  Occupational therapists

  Physiotherapists 

  Social workers

  Physicians

 

89

57

56

17 

74

 

(30%)

(20%)

(19%)

(6%)

(25%)

 

1.00

1.90

3.77

 0.27

7.99

 

 

0.84-4.30

1.71- 8.30

0.03-2.28

3.58-17.81

 

< 0.001

Experience in profession

   0-13 years

   14-25 years

   26 years or more

 

85  

96 

112

 

(29%)

(33%)

(38%)

 

1.00

2.02

3.34

 

 

0.93-4.40

1.18-9.49

 

0.075

Experience in rheumatology

    0-3 years

    4-19 years

    20 years or more

 

65  

155

73 

 

(22%)

(53%)

(25%)

 

  1.00

  6.21

20.34

 

 

2.45-15.76

6.01-68.85

 

< 0.001

Highest post-graduate education

   No CPE

   CPE

   Research education

 

54 

181

43 

 

(20%)

(65%)

(15%)

 

  1.00

  4.77

18.51

 

 

1.86-12.26

5.92-57.85

 

< 0.001

Experience of research activities

    None

    Active in research project

 

247 46

 

(84%)

(16%)

 

  1.00

11.13

 

 

4.52-27.37

 

< 0.001

Number of professional peers in work group

   Working alone in profession

   Small to medium work group

   Large work group

 

 

30 

207

56 

 

 

(10 %)

(71%)

(19%)

 

 

 1.00

 1.44

 3.03

 

 

 

0.57-3.66

1.06-8.67

 

0.045

Assessment of personal ability to use research evidence

   Low ability

   Intermediate ability

   High ability

 

 

74

132

88

 

 

(25%)

(45%)

(30%)

 

 

1.00

3.65

10.611

 

 

 

1.62-8.25

4.49-25.06

 

< 0.001

Perceived value of research evidence for clinical practice

   Low value

   High value

 

 

24

269

 

 

(8%)

(92%)

 

 

1.00

18.30

 

 

 

2.36-141.99

 

0.005

Intention to use research evidence in the future

   Intermediate intention

   Low intention

   High intention

 

 

67

22

204

 

 

(23%)

(8%)

(69%)

 

 

1.00

 

21.37

 

 

*(model did not converge)

1.13-4.16

 

0.067

Estimated use of research evidence by respected colleague

   Seldom

   Moderately often

   Often or always

 

 

44

99 150

 

 

(15%)

(34%)

(51%)

 

 

1.00

7.13

10.18

 

 

 

2.01-25.36

2.94-35.21

 

0.001

Estimated percentage of peers  using research evidence

   Low percentage

   Intermediate percentage

   High percentage

 

 

27 196

70

 

 

(9%)

(67%)

(24%)

 

 

1.00

7.35

11.76

 

 

 

1.64-32.84

2.50-55.27

 

0.006

EBP climate

   Less EBP-supportive climate

   Intermediate EBP-supportive climate

   More EBP-supportive climate

 

90  

88  

114

 

(31%)

(30%)

(39%)

 

1.00

2.40

3.67

 

 

1.18-4.90

1.89-7.24

 

0.001

Implementation Leadership Scale

    Less EBP-supportive leadership

   Moderately EBP-supportive  leadership

   More EBP-supportive leadership

 

90

88

97

 

(33%)

(32%)

(35%)

 

1.00

1.10

1.76

 

 

0.55-2.17

0.93-3.34

 

0.165

 

CPE: Continuing Professional Education; EBP: Evidence-Based Practice

*Because there were no respondents in the category of high EBP implementation score with low intent to use research evidence in the future, the model did not converge.