Table 6.

Associations between skills and barriers for finding, reviewing and using evidence I clinical practice

Barriers	Self-reported skills
	Beginner or novice	Quite good	Competent or expert	P value1
Barriers to finding evidence
I do not know how to find appropriate research reports				<0.001
Agree strongly/agree	90 (40.2)	3 (2.5)	0 (0.0)
Neither agree nor disagree	62 (27.7)	19 (16.0)	5 (8.5)
Disagree/disagree strongly	72 (32.1)	97(81.5)	54 (91.5)
Research reports are not easy to find				<0.001
Agree strongly/agree	98 (43.6)	28 (23.5)	4 (6.8)
Neither agree nor disagree	100 (44.4)	45 (37.8)	10 (16.9)
Disagree/disagree strongly	27 (8.5)	46 (38.7)	45 (76.3)
Reviewing research-based evidence
I find it difficult to understand research reports				<0.001
Agree strongly/agree	89 (34.0)	9 (8.8)	3 (7.7)
Neither agree nor disagree	121(46.2)	40 (39.2)	4 (10.3)
Disagree/disagree strongly	52 (19.8)	53 (52.0)	32 (82.1)
I do not feel confident in judging the quality of research reports				<0.001
Agree strongly/agree	177 (67.6)	30 (29.7)	3 (7.7)
Neither agree nor disagree	63 (24.0)	24 (23.8)	9 (23.1)
Disagree/disagree strongly	22 (8.4)	47 (46.5)	27 (69.2)
Use of research-based evidence to change practice
I do not feel confident about beginning to change my practice				<0.001
Agree strongly/agree	61 (21.2)	9 (10.5)	1 (4.0)
Neither agree nor disagree	112 (38.9)	29 (33.7)	5 (20.0)
Disagree/disagree strongly	115 (39.9)	48 (55.8)	19 (76.0)
I lack authority in the work place to change practice				<0.001
Agree strongly/agree	64 (82.1)	10 (12.8)	4 (5.1)
Neither agree nor disagree	118 (77.1)	30 (19.6)	5 (3.3)
Disagree/disagree strongly	108 (63.5)	46 (27.1)	16 (9.4)

¹Chi-square test.