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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the EBP-KABQ scale, scaling properties and internal consistency (n = 673)

From: A modified evidence-based practice- knowledge, attitudes, behaviour and decisions/outcomes questionnaire is valid across multiple professions involved in pain management

Scale

Item

Item mean(SD)

Median

Floor%

Ceiling%

Subscale mean(SD)

Floor%

Ceiling%

Cronbach’s alpha at subscale/total level

Knowledge-5 items

EBP-KABO1

5.79 (1.02)

6.00

0.1

23.8

29.57(3.62)

0.1

1.5

0.66

EBP-KABO2

6.01 (0.99)

6.00

0.3

34.0

EBP-KABO4

5.44 (1.41)

6.00

1.6

25.6

EBP-KABO5

6.08 (1.06)

6.00

0.6

41.0

EBP-KABO6

6.25 (1.12)

7.00

0.6

55.0

Behaviour-5 items

EBP-KABO9

3.14 (1.16)

3.00

1.2

15.6

11.22(4.28)

0.1

0.3

0.77

EBP-KABO10

2.02 (1.15)

2.00

17.5

3.1

EBP-KABO11

2.42 (1.22)

2.00

7.0

5.8

EBP-KABO12

1.66 (1.11)

2.00

25.6

1.6

EBP-KABO13

1.98 (1.31)

2.00

34.3

5.9

Outcome/Decision-3 items

EBP-KABO17

4.56 (0.94)

5.00

1.0

12.0

12.56(2.52)

0.3

0.4

0.83

EBP-KABO18

4.11 (1.04)

4.00

1.9

4.8

EBP-KABO19

3.88 (0.93)

4.00

0.3

3.4

Attitude-13 items

EBP-KABO20

4.17 (0.69)

4.00

1.3

32.1

64.58(8.99)

0.1

0.3

0.75

EBP-KABO21

5.20 (1.53)

5.00

0.9

25.7

EBP-KABO22

3.94 (1.59)

4.00

3.9

4.2

EBP-KABO23

4.18 (1.56)

4.00

3.6

8.5

EBP-KABO24

4.88 (1.59)

5.00

1.8

18.6

EBP-KABO25

4.81 (1.39)

5.00

0.9

11.9

EBP-KABO26

6.22 (1.02)

7.00

0.7

50.1

EBP-KABO27

4.72 (1.51)

5.00

2.5

9.4

EBP-KABO28

5.77 (0.99)

6.00

0.3

25.3

EBP-KABO29

5.99 (0.98)

6.00

0.3

36.4

EBP-KABO30

3.80 (1.51)

4.00

10.1

2.1

EBP-KABO31

5.26 (1.66)

6.00

1.9

31.4

EBP-KABO32

5.66 (1.41)

6.00

0.6

38.0

MEBP-26 items

Full version

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118.00

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117.93(15.10)

0.1

0.1

0.85

  1. Bold indicated floor or ceiling effect. Item 3 was removed from the scale based on factor structure.