Table 4 Assessment of construct validity using convergent measures

Please indicate how often you (and/or your organization working in conjunction with you or on your behalf) performed each of these knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) activities related to the health topic: Never; Rarely; Occasionally; Frequently; Always

Provided reprints/copies of articles published in scientific journals to your target audiences (not including syntheses or formal systematic reviews of the research literature)

Gamma = 0.296

p = 0.008

Had access to at least five scientific journals indexed in other international reference databases (e.g., Medline, PubMed or the equivalent for your field) (full text paper or full text electronic)

Please indicate whether you had access to the following sources of information when you were involved in research on the health topic and in knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) activities related to the health topic: No; Yes

Same as above

gamma = 0.410

p < 0.0005

Had access to at least five scientific journals published locally, nationally or regionally (full text paper or full text electronic)

Provided formal systematic reviews of the research literature to your target audiences

gamma = 0.333

p = 0.006

Same as above

Please indicate how often you (and/or your organization working in conjunction with you or on your behalf) interacted (e.g., through teleconferences or face to-face meetings involving a small number of people) with representatives and/or members of your target audiences in each of the following stages of the research process for all research projects related to the health topic with which you have been involved: Never; Rarely; Occasionally; Frequently; Always

Interacted when developing a specific research question, objectives or hypothesis

gamma = 0.502

p < 0.0005

Involved representatives and/or members of your target audiences in establishing the overall direction of research on the health topic conducted by you and/or your research organization

Please indicate how often you (and/or your organization working in conjunction with you or on your behalf) performed each of these knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) activities related to the health topic: Never; About 3-4 times during the last 12 months; About every month; Weekly; More than once a week

Please indicate how often you (and/or your organization working in conjunction with you or on your behalf) performed activities (e.g., conducted workshops or seminars) to increase the capacity of your target audiences to use research on the health topic: Never; Rarely; Occasionally; Frequently; Always

Developed capacity of target audiences to acquire research on the health topic through searchable databases (e.g., MedLine, Cochrane, ... Index Medicus...., LILACS)

gamma = 0.398

p = 0.001

Had access to at least five scientific journals indexed in other international reference databases (e.g., Medline, PubMed or the equivalent for your field) (full text paper or full text electronic)

Please indicate whether you had access to the following sources of information when you were involved in research on the health topic and in knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) activities related to the health topic: No; Yes