Table 2.

Barriers to research evidence use by ranked importance

Barriers to EBPT	n (%)
Q-1: Lack of research skills	592 (56.0 %)
Q-2: Lack of understanding of statistical analysis	562 (52.8 %)
Q-3: Inability to apply research findings to individual patients with unique characteristics	499 (46.9 %)
Q-4: Insufficient time	463 (43.5 %)
Q-5: Understanding of the English in which articles are written	352 (33.1 %)
Q-6: Lack of information resources	218 (20.5 %)
Q-7: Lack of collective support among my colleagues in my facility	160 (15.0 %)
Q-8: Lack of interest	116 (10.9 %)
Q-9: Poor ability to critically appraise the literature	114 (10.7 %)
Q-10: Lack of generalizability of the literature findings to my patient population	107 (10.1 %)