Table 4.
Barriers to applying EBP in order of importance (%)
| Type of barrier | Order of importance from the most to the least (%) | |||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3nd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
| Lack of interest | 10.7 | 8.3 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 23.7 |
| Applicability of EBP findings to clinical practice | 11.1 | 12.8 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 13.5 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 8.8 |
| Lack of time | 23.0 | 13.2 | 15.1 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 3.7 |
| Difficulty in searching literature in databases | 9.5 | 11.8 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 10.5 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Difficulty in critically appraising literature and statistical analysis | 9.7 | 17.8 | 16.5 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 9.3 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 1.1 |
| Difficulty applying literature findings to individual patients | 9.5 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 14.1 | 12.7 | 16.9 | 11.3 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Lack of financial and organisational support (computer, access to databases) | 8.4 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 10.5 | 20.6 | 12.8 | 7.4 | 6.7 |
| Workplace does not use EBP | 12.0 | 11.3 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 17.8 | 6.0 | 4.2 |
| Language of scientific publications | 4.8 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 15.6 | 30.8 | 8.4 |
| Unfamiliarity with using the computer/technology | 1.4 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 11.6 | 22.3 | 42.0 |
EBP, Evidence-based Practice.