Table 4.

Associations between research factors and covariates of interest

Survey item (Binary outcome)	Covariate		Odds ratio (95% CI)	p-value
Previous Involvement in Research
	Employment Classification (RN/RM compared to CNC/ CMC)		7.6 (3.3, 19.1)	< 0.001
	Speciality (Midwifery compared to Mental Health)		6.7 (1.9, 23.6)	< 0.01
	Position location (Metropolitan compared to Rural)		0.4 (0.2, 0.8)	< 0.01
Factor (Continuous outcome)	Covariate		Mean score (95% CI)	p-value
Perceived Translation of Research into Practice
	Medical specialty compared to Midwifery		24.3 (23.3, 25.2)	0.02
	Critical care compared to Midwifery		24.6 (23.4, 25.9)	0.02
	Palliative care compared to Midwifery		24.6 (22.5, 26.7)	> 0.05
	Perceived Value of Research		0.18 (0.03, 0.33)	< 0.02
	Perceived Organizational Support		0.47 (0.31, 0.62)	< 0.01
	Perceived Organizational Culture & Capability		0.01 (0.00, 0.02)	< 0.01
Perceived Individual Research Capacity
	Highest qualification	PhD, Prof Doc, Research Masters	85.8 (74.9, 96.7)	< 0.01
		Masters Course Work	72.7 (67.4, 78.0)	< 0.01
		Certificate	56.3 (49.4, 63.2)	0.03
		No research ≤5 yrs	2.53 (1.11, 3.94)	< 0.01
Perceived Organisational Culture and Capability
	Metropolitan vs Rural/remote		0.55 vs 0.45	0.02
	Perceived Translation of Research		1.35 (0.3, 2.40)	0.01
	Perceived Organisational Support		7.95 (6.06, 9.84)	< 0.01
Perceived Organizational Support
			Least square Mean score (95% CI)	p-value
	Employment classification	CNC/CMC	9.5 (8.8, 10.2)	< 0.01
		Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager	9.3 (8.3, 10.3)	0.05
			Regression coefficient (95% CI)	p-value
	Perceived Research Relevance		0.16 (0.09, 0.23)	< 0.01
	Perceived Translation of Research		0.11 (0.07, 0.16)	< 0.01
	Perceived Organizational. Culture & Capability		0.01 (0.01, 0.02)	< 0.01