Table 2.
Results from the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), Questionnaire distributed at start (June 2018), mid (September 2019) and end (June 2020) showing expressed relevance for EBP, sympathy for EBP, knowledge of EBP terminology, using EBP in daily work, and showing confidence in EBP activities among ORCA participants, and differences between males and females and MSc qualified and not MSc qualified, respectively
| DOMAINS/SECTIONS (No of items, Scoring min-max) |
SCORING 2018 mean (SD) |
p-value* | SCORING 2019 mean (SD) |
p-value* | SCORING 2020 mean (SD) |
p-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relevance (14 items,14–70) | ||||||||
| Total (n = 35, NA = 2) | 60.7 (5.9) | Total (n = 29, NA = 0) | 62.5 (4.7) | Total (n = 25, NA = 3) | 63.2 (4.0) | |||
| Males (21/35, NA = 1) | 61.2 (6.0) | 0.3322 | Males (15/29) | 61.9 (4.7) | 0.3685 | Males (17/25, NA = 0) | 62.4 (3.8) | 0.2929 |
| Females (14/35, NA = 1) | 59.3 (5.9) | Females (14/29) | 61.9 (4.7) | Females (8/25, NA = 3) | 64.9 (4.3) | |||
| Masters (25/35, NA = 1) | 59.9 (6.0) | 0.3827 | Masters (25/29) | 62.2 (4.9) | 0.2525 | Masters (24/25, NA = 1) | 63.0 (4.0) | 0.3302 |
| Other education (10/35, NA = 1) | 62.2 (6.3) | Other education (4/29) | 64.8 (1.0) | Other education (1/25, NA = 2) | 67.0 (NA) | |||
| Sympathy (7 items, 7–35) | ||||||||
| Total (n = 35, NA = 2) | 21.9 (3.9) | Total (n = 26, NA = 3) | 22.8 (4.7) | Total (n = 27, NA = 1) | 22.9 (3.8) | |||
| Males (21/35, NA = 1) | 22.8 (3.9) | 0.7955 | Males (14/26, NA = 1) | 23.1 (4.9) | 0.6233 | Males (17/27, NA = 0) | 22.4 (4.2) | 0.6138 |
| Females (14/35, NA = 1) | 21.4 (4.0) | Females (12/26, NA = 2) | 22.6 (4.8) | Females (10/27, NA = 1) | 23.7 (3.0) | |||
| Masters (25/35, NA = 1) | 21.6 (4.0) | 0.2083 | Masters (22/26, NA = 3) | 23.3 (4.8) | 0.1336 | Masters (24/27, NA = 1) | 23.0 (3.9) | 0.35 |
| Other education (10/35, NA = 1) | 22.7 (3.9) | Other education (4/26, NA = 0) | 20.5 (3.7) | Other education (3/27, NA = 0) | 21.7 (2.5) | |||
| Terminology (17 items, 17–85) | ||||||||
| Total (n = 33, NA = 4) | 48.7 (9.6) | Total (n = 26, NA = 3) | 54.3 (8.8) | Total (n = 26, NA = 2) | 61.5 (10.6) | |||
| Males (17/31, NA = 4) | 45.8 (8.7) | 0.103 | Males (14/26, NA = 1) | 50.2 (7.0) | 0.03931 | Males (16/26, NA = 1) | 59.0 (9.2) | 0.1323 |
| Females (14/31, NA = 0) | 51.6 (10.4) | Females (12/26, NA = 2) | 59.0 (8.8) | Females (10/26, NA = 1) | 65.4 (12.0) | |||
| Masters (22/31, NA = 3) | 49.0 (10.8) | 0.8867 | Masters (22/26, NA = 3) | 54.6 (9.3) | 0.7487 | Masters (23/26, NA = 2) | 60.2 (10.3) | 0.0913 |
| Other education (9/31, NA = 1) | 46.3 (6.6) | Other education (4/26, NA = 0) | 52.3 (7.8) | Other education (3/26, NA = 0) | 71.3 (8.6) | |||
| Practice (9 items, 9–45) | ||||||||
| Total (n = 32, NA = 5) | 19.8 (6.5) | Total (n = 26, NA = 3) | 24.6 (6.2) | Total (n = 25, NA = 3) | 24.5 (5.7) | |||
| Males (18/30, NA = 3) | 17.9 (4.6) | 0.06166 | Males (12/26, NA = 3) | 24.0 (6.0) | 0.5884 | Males (17/25, NA = 0) | 23.7 (6.0) | 0.9302 |
| Females (12/30, NA = 2) | 23.2 (8.1) | Females (14/26, NA = 0) | 25.3 (6.5) | Females (8/25, NA = 3) | 24.8 (5.4) | |||
| Masters (22/30, NA = 3) | 19.7 (7.0) | 0.8272 | Masters (22/26, NA = 3) | 25.2 (6.4) | 0.226 | Masters (22/25, NA = 3) | 24.2 (6.1) | 0.4758 |
| Other education (8/30, NA = 2) | 19.9 (6.5) | Other education (4/26, NA = 0) | 21.2 (2.3) | Other education (3/25, NA = 0) | 22.3 (1.6) | |||
| Confidence (11 items, 11–55) | ||||||||
| Total (n = 35, NA = 2) | 36.0 (6.8) | Total (n = 28, NA = 1) | 37.9 (5.9) | Total (n = 27, NA = 1) | 43.5 (5.7) | |||
| Males (20/34, NA = 0) | 36.0 (7.4) | 1 | Males (15/28, NA = 0) | 39.3 (4.7) | 0.3799 | Males (17/27, NA = 0) | 42.2 (5.9) | 0.1245 |
| Females (13/34, NA = 1) | 35.5 (6.2) | Females (13/28, NA = 1) | 37.6 (5.7) | Females (10/27, NA = 1) | 45.6 (4.9) | |||
| Masters (24/34, NA = 1) | 35.7 (7.2) | 0.7893 | Masters (24/28, NA = 1) | 37.7 (5.7) | 0.5101 | Masters (24/27, NA = 1) | 43.2 (6.0) | 0.2156 |
| Other education (10/34, NA = 0) | 37.1 (6.6) | Other education (4/28, NA = 0) | 39.3 (7.8) | Other education (3/27, NA = 0) | 46.0 (1.0) |
* Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test.