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

Table 2 EBPAS subscale and item means, standard deviations, Cronbach’s alpha, factor loadings from exploratory factor analysis, and intraclass correlation coefficient

EBPAS subscales and total	M	SD	α	1	2	3	4	ICC
1. Requirements	2.50	0.90	0.88					0.10
12 Agency required	2.72	0.93		0.81				0.05
11 Supervisor required	2.43	0.94		0.84				0.04
13 State required	2.33	1.13		0.87				0.16
2. Appeal	3.03	0.57	0.74					0.00
10 Makes sense	3.21	0.65			0.82			0.01
9 Intuitively appealing	2.90	0.76			0.82			0.03
14 Colleagues happy with intervention	2.84	0.79		0.43				0.01
15 Enough training	3.15	0.81			0.44			0.00
3. Openness	2.65	0.70	0.82					0.00
2 Will follow a treatment manual	2.78	0.83				0.72		0.00
4 Therapy developed by researchers	2.73	0.83				0.70		0.00
1 Like new therapy types	2.67	0.90				0.77		0.01
8 Therapy different than usual	2.45	0.92				0.65		0.02
4. Divergence	1.09	0.62	0.64					0.00
5 Research based treatment not useful	0.60	0.80					0.58	0.01
7 Will not use manualized therapy	0.60	0.86					0.61	0.00
6 Clinical experience more important	1.87	0.90					0.47	0.00
3 Know better than researchers	1.29	0.97					0.59	0.00
EBPAS total	2.77	0.47	0.81					0.02

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