Adaptation and validation of the Evidence‐Based Practice Belief and Implementation scales for French‐speaking Swiss nurses and allied healthcare providers

Abstract

The results suggest that the French Evidence-Based Practice Beliefs and Evidence-Based Practice Implementation scales are valid and reliable and can therefore be used to evaluate the effectiveness of organisational strategies aimed at increasing professionals' confidence in Evidence-Based Practice, supporting its use and implementation.

Adaptation and validation of the evidence‐based practice beliefs and implementation scales into German

“…Compared to those original scales, we found almost similar results for reliability, with a Cronbach alpha for both the German EBP-B and high factor loading. The results, therefore, corroborated those found in previous studies, such as Verloo et al (2017), Stokke et al (2014), Thorsteinsson (2012), Wang et al (2012) or Zeleníková et al In addition, the distribution of responses varied noticeably between the two scales' items, reflecting the scales' ability to discriminate between items about beliefs or implementation.…”

“…The sample size was chosen to match the samples used to test the psychometric properties of the two scales in other languages (between N = 91– N = 471) (Thorsteinsson, 2012; Verloo, Desmedt, & Morin, 2017; Wang et al., 2012; Zelenikova et al., 2016). Previous literature indicates that a good Cronbach's alpha of >0.8 is achieved with approximately 90 participants (Zelenikova et al., 2016).…”

“…Appropriate and psychometrically validated instruments are essential for making comparisons between studies. The EBP‐B and EBP‐I scales developed by Melnyk et al (2008) have been translated and psychometrically validated in the French (Verloo et al., 2017), Norwegian (Stokke et al., 2014), Icelandic (Thorsteinsson, 2012), Slovak and Czech (Zelenikova et al., 2016) and Chinese languages (Wang et al., 2012).…”

Beliefs and implementation of evidence‐based practice among community health nurses: A cross‐sectional descriptive study

“…Outcomes were measured using a translated French language version of the Melnyk, Fineout‐Overholt, and Mays () EBP Beliefs and Implementation Scales (Verloo, Desmedt, & Morin, ). Both tools were tested for reliability and validity in a previous study (Verloo, Desmedt, & Morin, ).…”

“…The French version of the EBP Implementation Scale consists of 17 items describing the essential components and steps of the EBP approach (Verloo et al., ). A five‐point frequency scale measured how often the respondent had performed each item in the previous 8 weeks.…”