Factor (items, scoring, possible range) | Test 1 | Test 2 | Test-retestc | Organisationc | Weighteda | |||||
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Higher scores indicate greater capacity, more research engagement actions and use | Mean (SD) [n] or response options | IQR or freq. (%) | Mean (SD) [n] or response options | IQR or freq. (%) | ICC | (95% CI) | ICC | (95% CI) | Kappa | (95% CI) |
Capacity – Predisposing factors | ||||||||||
1. Value individual places on using research (7 items, summed, range 7–35) | 29 (3.7) [143] | 26–32 | 29 (3.8) [57] | 27–31 | 0.59 | (0.40–0.75) | 0 | |||
2. Confidence in using research (7 items, summed, range 7–35) | 25 (6.0) [144] | 22–28 | 24 (5.6) [57] | 23–27 | 0.85 | (0.76–0.91) | 0.05 | (0.00–0.47) | ||
3. Value organisation places on using research (5 items, summed, range 5–25) | 19 (3.5) [144] | 18–21 | 19 (3.7) [57] | 16–21 | 0.76 | (0.63–0.85) | 0.13 | (0.03–0.44) | ||
4. Tools and systems organisation has to support research use (7 items, summed,d range 7–21) | 14 (3.6) [144] | 11–16 | 13 (3.6) [57] | 10–16 | 0.70 | (0.49–0.85) | 0.48 | (0.23–0.73) | ||
Research engagement actions | ||||||||||
5. Accessed synthesised research (two items, binary – yes/noe) | Yes No | 112 (79) 30 (21) | Yes No | 44 (79) 12 (21) | 0.40 | (0.10–0.69) | ||||
6. Accessed primary research (two binary items, summed, ordinal – 0, 1, 2) | 0 1 2 | 20 (14) 27 (19) 95 (67) | 0 1 2 | 6 (11) 10 (18) 40 (71) | 0.49 | (0.21–0.75)b | ||||
7. Appraised research (three binary items, summed, ordinal – 0, 1, 2, 3) | 0 1 2 3 | 10 (8) 7 (6) 15 (12) 89 (74) | 0 1 2 3 | 3 (6) 6 (12) 7 (14) 34 (68) | 0.34 | (0.04–0.69)b | ||||
8. Generated research (three binary items, coded yes if response to any item is yes, binary – yes, no) | Yes No | 107 (76) 33 (24) | Yes No | 39 (70) 17 (30) | 0.39 | (0.12–0.66) | ||||
9. Interacted with researchers (6 items, summed, range 6–24) | 12 (4.7) [140] | 8–15 | 11 (4.2) [55] | 7–14 | 0.83 | (0.66–0.92) | 0 | |||
Research use | ||||||||||
10. Extent of research use (4 items, choose item with highest score, range 1–6)f | 5 (1.1) [140] | 4–6 | 5 (1.2) [54] | 4–6 | 0.65 | (0.47–0.79) | 0.14 | (0.03–0.44) | ||
11. Conceptual research use (one item, binary – yes, no) | Yes No | 125 (89) 15 (11) | Yes No | 51 (93) 4 (7) | 0.24 | (−0.22 to 0.69) | ||||
12. Instrumental research use (one item, binary – yes, no) | Yes No | 119 (85) 21 (15) | Yes No | 50 (91) 5 (9) | 0.49 | (0.11–0.88) | ||||
13. Tactical research use (one item, binary – yes, no) | Yes No | 117 (84) 23 (16) | Yes No | 46 (84) 9 (16) | 0.15 | (−0.18 to 0.47) | ||||
14. Imposed research use (one item, binary – yes, no) | Yes No | 66 (47) 74 (53) | Yes No | 24 (44) 31 (56) | 0.43 | (0.18–0.67) |