Psychometric evaluation of a questionnaire and primary healthcare nurses' attitudes towards research and use of research findings.

Aim: This article investigates attitudes towards and awareness of research and use of research findings among primary healthcare nurses, determinants of attitudes and evaluation of psychometric properties of an instrument measuring nurses' attitudes.

Background: The production of new knowledge is ongoing and the amount of research of relevance for health care has increased, but there remains a gap between what is known and what is done in practice. To enhance evidence-based practice and patient safety, the use of research findings needs to be encouraged and promoted.

Swedish translation, adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Context Assessment Index (CAI).

Background: The strength of and relationship between the fundamental elements context, evidence and facilitation of the PARIHS framework are proposed to be key for successful implementation of evidence into healthcare practice. A better understanding of the presence and strength of contextual factors is assumed to enhance the opportunities of adequately developing an implementation strategy for a specific setting. A tool for assessing context-The Context Assessment Index (CAI)-was developed and published 2009.

Towards better measures of research utilization: a collaborative study in Canada and Sweden.

Aims: This paper is a report of a study examining research utilization in nursing. The specific aims were to (1) clarify the construct of research utilization, and (2) identify observable indicators of research utilization.

Background: Robust measures of research utilization do not exist despite steadily increasing numbers of studies in the field.

Evidence-based practice: attitudes, knowledge and behaviour among allied health care professionals.

Objective: To explore dieticians', occupational therapists' and physical therapists' attitudes, beliefs, knowledge and behaviour concerning evidence-based practice within a university hospital setting.

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Setting: University hospital.

The BARRIERS scale -- the barriers to research utilization scale: A systematic review.

Background: A commonly recommended strategy for increasing research use in clinical practice is to identify barriers to change and then tailor interventions to overcome the identified barriers. In nursing, the BARRIERS scale has been used extensively to identify barriers to research utilization.

Aim And Objectives: The aim of this systematic review was to examine the state of knowledge resulting from use of the BARRIERS scale and to make recommendations about future use of the scale.

Registered nurses' use of research findings in the care of older people.

Aims: To describe registered nurses' reported use of research in the care of older people and to examine associations between research use and factors related to the elements: the communication channels, the adopter and the social system.

Background: Research use among registered nurses working in hospital settings has been reported in many studies. Few studies, however, have explored the use of research among registered nurses working in the care of older people.

Factors of importance for work satisfaction among nurses in a university hospital in Sweden.

The shortage of registered nurses in the healthcare sector is a problem in most countries. Swedish nurses tend to leave or seek new positions. However, few Swedish studies have addressed questions regarding what factors are of importance for nurses to perceive work satisfaction although satisfied nurses are linked to many positive organizational outcomes, e.

Barriers to research utilization and research use among registered nurses working in the care of older people: does the BARRIERS scale discriminate between research users and non-research users on perceptions of barriers?

Background: One strategy to enhance research use and change current practice is to identify barriers and then implement tailored interventions to reduce these barriers. In nursing, the BARRIERS scale has been frequently used to identify nurses' perceptions of barriers to research utilization. However, this scale has not been applied to care of older people, and only one study has investigated how identified barriers link to research utilization.

Predictors of nurses' perceptions of barriers to research utilization.

Aim: To identify predictors of nurses' self-reported barriers to using research findings in clinical practice.

Background: Several studies have shown that nurses perceive barriers to research utilization but to our knowledge predictors of nurses perceptions of barriers to research utilization have not been identified before.

Methods: Three questionnaires were answered by 833 nurses: the Barriers Scale, the Quality Work Competence questionnaire and a questionnaire including questions on professional issues.

Nurses in paediatric care--self-reported professional self and perceived research utilization.

The aim was to describe how nurses in different professional levels evaluated their professional self and perceived barriers to research utilization in paediatric care. The sample consisted of three groups of nurses: control, trainee and specialists (n = 113) employed at two Paediatric University hospitals in Sweden. The control and trainee groups were nurses with a general education and the specialists had a specialist education in paediatric care.

Professional roles and research utilization in paediatric care: newly graduated nurses experiences.

The aim of the study was to describe and analyse how newly graduated nurses perceive themselves as professionals and their perceptions of barriers to research utilization when starting to work within paediatric care. The nurses were employed in two paediatric university hospitals in Sweden and had been working as staff nurses for 1-3 months. They answered two questionnaires: The Professional Self-Description Form and the Barriers Scale.