Document Type : Research articles
Authors
1 Instructor, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, IR Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, IR Iran
3 Associate Professor, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Nursing Faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
Abstract
Background: There are different tools for assessing evidence-based practice in nursing in Iran, however, there are some limitations in each of them, and they do not examine EBP comprehensively.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of EBPQ.
Methods: This study was a methodological research on 300 nurses working in Guilan province (Iran). A cluster sampling was done. After a forward-backward translation, the questionnaire was translated into Persian and its psychometric evaluation was done.
Results: CVIs for all items were ≥ 0.8 and CVRs were ≥ 0.63. All of the impact scores were > 1.5. Cronbach’s alpha of the scale was 0.92. The ICC test was 0.96 and significant (P < 0.001). In exploratory factor analysis, KMO was 0.84 and Bartlett’s test was significant (P < 0.001). Confirmatory factor analysis showed an acceptable fit model.
Conclusions: This study introduces the evidence-based practice questionnaire (EBPQ) as a valid and reliable tool to assess the status of evidence-based practice among nurses in Iran.
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