Table 5.
Results of Correlation Tests of Nurses’ BARRIERS and FRU Mean Scores and Selected Characteristics
| Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Mean age | 1.00 | 0.18a | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.18a | 0.12a |
| 2. Education level | 1.00 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.10 | -0.20a | 0.31a | |
| 3. Year range of post-registration experience | 1.00 | -0.11 | -0.10 | 0.17a | 0.10 | ||
| 4 Nursing research course undertaken# | 1.00 | 0.34 b | -0.29a | 0.14 | |||
| 5 Participation in research# | 1.00 | -0.12 | 0.13 | ||||
| 6 BARRIERS | 1.00 | -0.28b | |||||
| 7 FRU | 1.00 |
a
Significant correlation between two variables is denoted, with p≤ 0.05
b
Significant correlation between two variables is denoted, with p≤ 0.01.
#
Point bi-serial correlation test was used to test its relationship with the BARRIERS and FRU mean scores.
BARRIERS: Barriers to Research Utilization scale; FRU: Facilitators of Research Utilization scale.