Table 3 Factor loadings and communalities for 25 items from the Evidence-based Practice Competence Questionnaire (EBP-COQ) (N = 261)
Attitude toward EBP | Skills in EBP | Knowledge in EBP | Communality | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A2 The EBP helps to make decisions in clinical practice | ,769 | ,615 | ||
A3 I’m confident that I will be able to evaluate critically the quality of a scientific article | ,603 | ,481 | ||
A4 The practice of EBP will help to have a better definition of the nurse roll | ,822 | ,680 | ||
A5 The nursing contract should include time to read scientific papers and make critical appraisal of them. | ,679 | ,466 | ||
A6 The widespread EBP implementation will allow to increase nursing autonomy from others professions. | ,816 | ,670 | ||
A8 When I work as a nurse I will pleased if the PBE will be in practice | ,789 | ,647 | ||
A9 The application of EBP improves patient’s healthcare outcomes | ,847 | ,733 | ||
A10 In the future I wish to contribute to apply the EBP | ,777 | ,606 | ||
A11 I do not like reading scientific articles | ,668 | ,504 | ||
A12 The patient care will experiment minor changes with the EBP application | ,762 | ,587 | ||
A14 It pleased me that the EBP is only a theoretical movement that does not takes in practice | ,764 | ,609 | ||
A15 If I will have the opportunity I would assist to an EBP course | ,640 | ,412 | ||
A16 I would like to have better access to published nursing scientific evidences | ,724 | ,541 | ||
C1 I feel able to make a clinical question to start the searching of the best scientific evidence. | ,665 | ,473 | ||
C2 I do not feel able to search for scientific evidences in the principles heath sciences data bases. | ,423 | ,536 | ,469 | |
C4 I do not feel able to search for the scientific information about the subject in the most important bibliographic indexes. | ,429 | ,572 | ,512 | |
C5 I feel able to evaluate critically the quality of a scientific article. | ,632 | ,551 | ||
C6 I do not feel able to analyze if the obtained results of a scientific study are valid. | ,402 | ,532 | ,447 | |
C7 I feel able to analyze the practical utility of a scientific study. | ,699 | ,571 | ||
C8 I know how to make clinical questions organize in the PICO format. | ,587 | ,540 | ||
C10 I know the principal sources that offer the information revised and catalogued behind the evidence point of view. | ,587 | ,521 | ||
C11 I do not know the most important characteristics of the principal investigation designs. | ,755 | ,632 | ||
C12 I know the different evidence level of the designs of the investigation studies. | ,784 | ,648 | ||
C13 I do not know the different recommendation grades about the adoption of a determined procedure or health intervention. | ,670 | ,474 | ||
C14 I know the principal measures of association and potential impact that allow to evaluate the magnitude of the analyzed effect in investigation studies | ,603 | ,498 | ||
Factor loadings < 0.4 are suppressed | ||||