Determinants of Evidence Implementation by Nurses: #Evidencer Model for the Use of Evidence-Based Practice (#EvidencerMUSEBP)—A Structural Equation Model
Table 1
Sociodemographic and professional variables of the sample (N = 2370).
M
SD
Age (years)
41.3
9.8
Time since completing the nursing degree (years)
19.4
10.0
Professional experience (years)
17.6
10.1
n
%
Sex
Male
478
20.2
Female
1892
79.8
Educational level
Bachelor
945
39.9
Master
1004
42.4
Clinical nurse specialist
245
10.3
Doctoral
176
7.4
Employment status
Eventual
529
22.3
Interim
562
23.7
Permanent
1279
54.0
Type of contract
Full time
2141
90.3
Part-time
229
9.7
Work setting
Urban (>50,000 inhabitants)
1620
68.4
Suburban (between 10,000 and 50,000 habitants)
541
22.8
Rural (<10,000 habitants)
209
8.8
Context of care
Hospital
1660
70.0
Primary care
710
30.0
Training on EBP n (%)
None
350
14.8
<40 hours
582
24.6
40–150 hours
694
29.3
>150 hours
744
31.4
Number of articles read in the last month
0
384
16.2
1 to 3
1013
42.7
>3
973
41.1
Working at a BPSO® center
Yes
635
26.8
No
1735
73.2
Nursing students’ mentor
Yes
1163
49.1
No
1207
50.9
Use of the Internet and other digital tools to access scientific information
Yes
1966
83.0
No
404
17.0
Access to the Internet at work
Yes
2144
90.5
No
226
9.5
Place where accessing the Internet most frequently to consult information
