Table 2.
Mean | To what degree is lack of time a barrier to you in the access and use of research information for decision making? | To what degree are the organization's limited financial resources a barrier to you in the access and use of research information for decision making? | To what degree is the availability of relevant research information a barrier to you in the access and use of research information for decision making? | To what degree is your limited training or experience in evaluating the quality of research material a barrier to you in the access and use of research information for decision making? | To what degree is resistance to change at your organization a barrier to you in the access and use of research information for decision making? | To what degree is availability of research information a barrier to you in the access and use of research information for decision making? | |
What kind of office is it? | N | 91 | 91 | 90 | 91 | 90 | 91 |
CTC | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | |
CCAC | 3.6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | |
DHC | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.9 | |
Overall mean (sd) | 3.5 (1.0) | 2.4 (1.1) | 2.8 (1.1) | 2.4 (1.0) | 1.8 (0.8)*** | 2.0 (0.9) | |
Role | |||||||
Executive director | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.1 | |
Director | 3.8 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | |
Manager | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 2.3 | |
Senior health planner | 3.5 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | |
Clinician | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | |
Overall mean (sd) | 3.5 (0.9) | 2.5(1,1) | 2.8(1.1) | 2.4(1.0) | 1.9(0.8) | 2.1(0.9) |
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001; Scale Points and anchors (1 = Strongly disagree, 2 = moderately disagree, 3 = neither agree nor disagree, 4 = moderately agree, 5 = strongly agree)