Table 3.
Factor loadings and communalities for 25 items from the Evidence-based Practice Competence Questionnaire (EBP-COQ) (N = 261)
| Attitude toward EBP | Skills in EBP | Knowledge in EBP | Communality | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A2 The EBP helps to make decisions in clinical practice |
,769 |
|
|
,615 |
| A3 I’m confident that I will be able to evaluate critically the quality of a scientific article |
,603 |
|
|
,481 |
| A4 The practice of EBP will help to have a better definition of the nurse roll |
,822 |
|
|
,680 |
| A5 The nursing contract should include time to read scientific papers and make critical appraisal of them. |
,679 |
|
|
,466 |
| A6 The widespread EBP implementation will allow to increase nursing autonomy from others professions. |
,816 |
|
|
,670 |
| A8 When I work as a nurse I will pleased if the PBE will be in practice |
,789 |
|
|
,647 |
| A9 The application of EBP improves patient’s healthcare outcomes |
,847 |
|
|
,733 |
| A10 In the future I wish to contribute to apply the EBP |
,777 |
|
|
,606 |
| A11 I do not like reading scientific articles |
,668 |
|
|
,504 |
| A12 The patient care will experiment minor changes with the EBP application |
,762 |
|
|
,587 |
| A14 It pleased me that the EBP is only a theoretical movement that does not takes in practice |
,764 |
|
|
,609 |
| A15 If I will have the opportunity I would assist to an EBP course |
,640 |
|
|
,412 |
| A16 I would like to have better access to published nursing scientific evidences |
,724 |
|
|
,541 |
| C1 I feel able to make a clinical question to start the searching of the best scientific evidence. |
|
|
,665 |
,473 |
| C2 I do not feel able to search for scientific evidences in the principles heath sciences data bases. |
,423 |
|
,536 |
,469 |
| C4 I do not feel able to search for the scientific information about the subject in the most important bibliographic indexes. |
,429 |
|
,572 |
,512 |
| C5 I feel able to evaluate critically the quality of a scientific article. |
|
|
,632 |
,551 |
| C6 I do not feel able to analyze if the obtained results of a scientific study are valid. |
|
,402 |
,532 |
,447 |
| C7 I feel able to analyze the practical utility of a scientific study. |
|
|
,699 |
,571 |
| C8 I know how to make clinical questions organize in the PICO format. |
|
,587 |
|
,540 |
| C10 I know the principal sources that offer the information revised and catalogued behind the evidence point of view. |
|
,587 |
|
,521 |
| C11 I do not know the most important characteristics of the principal investigation designs. |
|
,755 |
|
,632 |
| C12 I know the different evidence level of the designs of the investigation studies. |
|
,784 |
|
,648 |
| C13 I do not know the different recommendation grades about the adoption of a determined procedure or health intervention. |
|
,670 |
|
,474 |
| C14 I know the principal measures of association and potential impact that allow to evaluate the magnitude of the analyzed effect in investigation studies |
|
,603 |
|
,498 |
| Factor loadings < 0.4 are suppressed | ||||