Table 3.

Correlations between BARRIERS subscales and self-reported research use and comparisons between research users (RU) and non-research users (non-RU) reported barriers (subscales).

	Correlations1 Research use index vs. each subscale	P-value	RU n = 292	Non- RU n = 1052	t-value3	P-value
Nurse subscale	-0.107	0.22	1.97 ± 0.53	2.25 ± 0.54	2.512	0.013
Setting subscale	-0.051	0.56	2.65 ± 0.45	2.71 ± 0.52	0.568	0.571
Research subscale	-0.171	0.06	1.96 ± 0.56	2.25 ± 0.66	2.139	0.035
Presentation subscale	-0.289	<0.01	2.36 ± 0.41	2.69 ± 0.61	3.422	0.001

¹ Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient

² Loss of six respondents on the RU-index, n= 134

³ Students t-test