Table 5 Implementation of evidence-based practice of nurses and midwives working in Amhara Region public hospitals, North Ethiopia, 2019
Items | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|
How often do you use systematic reviews report in your clinical practice? | 1.45 | 1.013 |
How often you share research evidence with patients/family members? | 2.15 | 1.14 |
How frequently you access systematic review databases? | 2.37 | 0.9 |
How often you critically appraise evidence from a research study? | 2.54 | 1.05 |
How often you share currently used research evidence, updated guidelines, protocols, and textbooks for your colleague? | 2.58 | 1.05 |
How often have you changed your practice based on patient outcome data? | 2.69 | 0.94 |
How often you share currently available evidence with multidisciplinary team members? | 2.7 | 1.1 |
How often you use trusted current research evidence to change your clinical practice? | 2.74 | 1.12 |
How often you evaluate clinical practice by collecting patient outcome data? | 2.77 | 1.07 |
How often you share evidence-based practice guidelines with your colleagues? | 2.83 | 1.03 |
How often you evaluate the outcomes of a clinical practice change? | 2.93 | 1.034 |
How frequently you promote the use of the evidence-based practice to your colleagues? | 3.09 | 1.05 |
How often you perform clinical practice based on midwives’/nurses’ competency? | 3.12 | 1.28 |
How often do you use the internet to search research articles and guidelines to make a clinical decision? | 3.17 | 1.1 |
How often you evaluate your clinical practice according to scientific explanation? | 3.28 | 1.13 |
How often you use world health organization or national guidelines, hospital protocols, and textbooks to make clinical decisions? | 3.29 | 1.1 |
How often you use local policy and protocols to make clinical decisions? | 3.41 | 1.1 |
How frequently you read scientific articles, updated guidelines, hospital protocols, and textbooks? | 3.7 | 1.013 |
Total | 2.8 | 0.5 |