Table 3.

Factors associated with barriers to implementation EBP

Barriers	Factor	Level	Odds Ratio (95 % CI)a	Model P	Model R2,b,c
Q-4: Insufficient time	Age (y)	20–29	1.98 (0.30–0.92)	<0.001	0.302
		30–39	Reference
	Highest degree (Specialized)	No	0.56 (0.36–1.02)
		Yes	Reference
	Current main role in therapy centre	Patient care	1.48 (1.03–2.16)
		Clinical research	Reference
Q-6: Lack of information resources	Hours of work per week	<20	Reference	<0.001	0.211
		20–30	0.67 (0.38–1.19)
		31–40	1.10 (0.70–1.72)
		>40	2.07 (1.09–3.90)
	Current main role in therapy centre	Patient care	2.07 (1.15–3.71)
		Clinical research	Reference
Q-1: Lack of research skills	Highest degree	No	Reference	<0.001	0.403
	Undergraduate (Professional/graduate)	Yes	1.57 (1.04–3.25)
	Current main role in therapy centre	Patient care	1.24 (0.78–1.97)
		Clinical research	Reference
Q-9: Poor ability to critically appraise the literature	Highest degree	No	0.48 (0.27–0.85)	<0.001	0.204
	Undergraduate (Professional/graduate)	Yes	Reference
Q-3: Inability to apply research findings to individual patients with unique characteristics	Hours of work per week	<20	1.49 (0.63–3.54)	<0.001	0.167
		20–30	1.40 (0.69–2.84)
		31–40	2.57 (1.44–4.59)
		>40	Reference
Q-10: Lack of generalizability of the literature findings to my patient population	Current main role in therapy centre	Patient care	0.69 (0.37–1.30)	<0.001	0.201
		Clinical research	Reference
Q-2: Lack of understanding of statistical analysis	Age (y)	20–29	0.57 (0.33–0.10)	<0.001	0.507
		30–39	Reference
	Highest degree	No	Reference
	Undergraduate (Professional/graduate)	Yes	1.90 (1.22–2.96)
	Hours of work per week	<20	0.41 (0.22–0.77)
		20–30	0.97 (0.59–1.59)
		31–40	0.68 (0.45–1.02)
		>40	Reference
	Current main role in therapy centre	Patient care	0.67 (0.42–1.08)
		Clinical research	Reference
Q-7: Lack of collective support among my colleagues in my facility	Current main role in therapy centre	Patient care	0.68 (0.43–1.08)
		Clinical research	Reference
Q-5: Understanding of the English in which articles are written	Sex	Male	0.43 (0.27–1.68)	<0.001	0.235
		Female	Reference
	Highest degree	Yes	0.61 (0.40–0.92)
	Undergraduate (Professional/graduate)
		No	Reference
	Hours of work per week	<20	0.41 (0.22–0.76)
		20–30	0.97 (0.59–1.59)
		31–40	0.68 (0.45–1.02)
		>40	Reference
	Patients per day	<5	Reference
		5–10	1.12 (0.62–2.03)
		11–15	1.48 (0.91–2.41)
		>15	1.95 (1.19–3.19)
	Current main role in therapy centre	Patient care	2.88 (1.17–4.10)
		Clinical research	Reference

^a95 % CI confidence interval

^bIn binary logistic regression, one level of the independent variable serves as a reference against which the odds of the other levels occurring are determined

^cNagelkerke R²