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Table 1 Participant demographic information

From: Psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS): to measure implementation readiness

 

Primary care (n = 84)

Specialized care (n = 210)

Total (N = 294)

Characteristic

M

(SD)

M

(SD)

M

(SD)

Age

46.6

(10.1)

44.3

(11.1)

44.9

(10.8)

Years of experience

13.9

(8.7)

13.9

(10.3)

13.9

(9.9)

 

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

Female

59

(70.2)

152

(72.4)

211

(71.8)

Education levela

 Lower

18

(21.4)

1

(0.5)

19

(6.5)

 Bachelor

58

(69.0)

58

(27.6)

116

(39.5)

 Master

8

(9.5)

147

(70.0)

155

(52.7)

 PhD

(−)

3

(1.4)

3

(1.0)

Disciplinea

 Psychology

3

(3.6)

94

(44.8)

97

(33.0)

 Nursing/social educator

29

(34.5)

48

(22.9)

77

(26.2)

 Medicine

2

(2.4)

46

(21.9)

48

(16.3)

 Social worker

19

(22.6)

10

(4.8)

29

(9.9)

 Other

13

(15.5)

3

(1.4)

16

(5.4)

 Auxiliary nurse

11

(13.1)

1

(0.5)

12

(4.1)

 Physiotherapy

7

(8.3)

5

(2.4)

12

(4.1)

  1. Sample sizes vary slightly because of missing data
  2. aSignificant differences between primary and specialized care: χ2 test, P ≤ 0.001