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The Evidence-based Practice Attitude Scale-36 (EBPAS-36): a brief and pragmatic measure of attitudes to evidence-based practice validated in US and Norwegian samples

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Title
The Evidence-based Practice Attitude Scale-36 (EBPAS-36): a brief and pragmatic measure of attitudes to evidence-based practice validated in US and Norwegian samples
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Implementation Science, April 2017
DOI 10.1186/s13012-017-0573-0
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Marte Rye, Elisa M. Torres, Oddgeir Friborg, Ingunn Skre, Gregory A. Aarons

Abstract

Short and valid instruments for measuring factors facilitating or hindering implementation efforts are called for. This article describes (1) the adaptation of a shorter version of the Evidence-based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS-50 items), and (2) the psychometric properties of the shortened version in both US and Norwegian data. The US participants were mental health service providers (N = 418) recruited from clinics providing mental health services in San Diego County, California. The Norwegian participants were psychologists, psychiatric nurses, and psychology students (N = 838) recruited from the Norwegian Psychological Association and the Norwegian Nurses Organization. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) approach was used. The reduction resulted in 36 items named EBPAS-36, and the original 12 factor model was maintained. The EBPAS-36 had acceptable model fit, as indicated by a low degree of misspecification errors in both the US (RMSEA = .045 (CI90% .040-.049); SRMR = .05) and the Norwegian data (RMSEA = .052 (CI90% .047-.056, SRMR = .07). Incremental model fit was fair in the US (CFI = .93, TLI = .91) and in the Norwegian samples (CFI = .91, TLI = .89). The internal consistency (Cronbach's α) in the US and the Norwegian samples were good for the total EBPAS-36 score (.79 and .86, respectively) and were ranged from adequate to excellent for the subscales (US .60-.91 and Norway .61-.92). The EBPAS-36 has adequate psychometric properties both in US and Norwegian samples, hence indicating cross-cultural validity. It is a brief, pragmatic, and more user-friendly instrument than the EBPAS-50, yet maintains a broad scope by retaining the original 12 measurement domains.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 200 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 28 14%
Student > Master 27 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 24 12%
Researcher 22 11%
Student > Bachelor 15 7%
Other 38 19%
Unknown 47 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 45 22%
Nursing and Health Professions 28 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 26 13%
Social Sciences 24 12%
Business, Management and Accounting 5 2%
Other 18 9%
Unknown 55 27%
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