Promoting physical therapists’ use of research evidence to inform clinical practice: part 2 - a mixed methods evaluation of the PEAK program

Table 2 Quantitative results

Domain	Assessment	Baseline	6-months	Change	p-value
Domain	Assessment	Mean (SD) % of scale		Mean (95% CI) % improvement	p-value
Attitudes	EBP Beliefs Scale [6 attitude-specific items, high score = 30]	24.5	25.1	0.61	0.22
		(2.0)	(2.1)	(-0.39-1.62)
		81.6%	83.7%	2.4%
Self-Efficacy	Evidence-based Practice Confidence Scale [11 items, high score = 100%]	54.9	72.8	17.9	<0.001
		(13.1)	(13.7)	(13.5-22.4)
		54.9%	72.8%	32.6%
Knowledge and Skills	Modified Fresno Test [13 items, high score = 224]	114.72	124.2	9.5	0.10
		(35.1)	(34.8)	(-1.8-20.8)
		51.2%	55.4%	8.2%
Behavior	EBP Implementation Scale [13 study-specific items, high score = 65]	25.0	29.8	5.1	<0.001
		(8.1)	(10.2)	(1.3-2.2)
		38.5%	45.8%	20.4%

Abbreviations: SD, Standard Deviation; CI, Confidence Interval; EBP, Evidence Based Practice.

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