Table 2.
The characteristics of respondents at each health unit based on the availability of network data at baseline and two follow-ups
| Unit A | Unit B | Unit C | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Availability of network data at three time points | Yesa | Nob | Yesa | Nob | Yesa | Nob |
| Size | 119 | 197 | 133 | 401 | 49 | 136 |
| Female (%) | 111 (93 %) | 171 (87 %) | 118 (89 %) | 364 (91 %) | 42 (86 %) | 108 (79 %) |
| Educational degree | ||||||
| Baccalaureate (%) | 71 (60 %) | 113 (58 %) | 54 (41 %) | 208 (52 %) | 30 (61 %) | 77 (57 %) |
| Masters+ (%) | 42 (35 %) | 48 (24 %) | 70 (53 %) | 122 (31 %) | 13 (27 %) | 8 (6 %) |
| Job title | ||||||
| Manager (%) | 19 (16 %) | 6 (3 %) | 30 (23 %) | 28 (7 %) | 10 (20 %) | 10 (7 %) |
| Consultant (%) | 19 (16 %) | 28 (14 %) | 37 (28 %) | 61 (15 %) | – | – |
| Nurse (%) | 30 (25 %) | 71 (36 %) | 27 (21 %) | 168 (42 %) | 24 (49 %) | 60 (45 %) |
| Average years of experience in public health (SD) | 13 (8) | 8 (8) | 17 (9) | 13 (9) | 13 (9) | 12 (9) |
| EBP score baseline (SD) | 11 (7) | 10 (10) | 10 (9) | 10 (10) | 8 (7) | 7 (7) |
| EBP score follow-up 2 (SD) | 12 (8) | 9 (9) | 11 (9) | 10 (11) | 10 (9) | 7 (8) |
| Highly engaged in intervention (%) | 41 (34 %) | 12 (6 %) | 10 (8 %) | 3 (0.75 %) | 15 (31 %) | 3 (2 %) |
athe staff who provided information for the development of information-seeking network at three time points
bthe staff who participated in the online survey but either did not answer to the network question or did not participate in three time points