Table 1.
Comparison means and standard deviations of the EBPQ and its subscales with recent similar studies in other countries (N = 648).
| Scale or subscales | Our survey 2015 |
95% CI | China 2007 |
USA 2014 |
UK 2014 |
Spain 2014 |
Iran 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBPQ total | 4.24 ± 0.79 | 4.18~4.30 | 4.24 ± 0.79 | Not reported | Not reported | 4.81 ± 1.09∧ | 4.48 ± 1.26∧ |
| Practice | 4.08 ± 1.05 | 4.00~4.16 | 3.99 ± 0.97∗ | 5.00 | 5.67 | 4.59 ± 1.53∧ | 4.58 ± 1.24∧ |
| Knowledge/skills | 4.17 ± 0.84 | 4.10~4.23 | 4.25 ± 0.83∗ | 5.71 | 6.00 | 4.56 ± 1.15∧ | 4.39 ± 1.20∧ |
| Attitude | 4.75 ± 1.01 | 4.67~4.82 | 4.56 ± 1.06∧ | 5.75 | 5.25 | 5.28 ± 1.10∧ | 4.57 ± 1.35∧ |
∗ P < 0.05; ∧ P < 0.001.
In Spain 2014, we only extracted the data related to RNs.