Bridging the divide: a survey of nurses’ opinions regarding barriers to, and facilitators of, research utilization in the practice setting

Abstract

If the use of research evidence in practice results in better outcomes for our patients, this behoves us, as a profession, to address issues surrounding support for implementation of research findings, authority to change practice, time constraints and ability to critically appraise research with conviction and a sense of urgency.

Nurses’ Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators to Implement EBP in the Maldives

“…These facilitators include managerial and peer support, availability of time to review and implement research findings, availability of relevant research, colleagues' 2 Advances in Nursing support, supportive policies, and training opportunities [11,13,14]. Barriers and facilitators to research utilization were categorized into organizational factors, individual factors, communicational factors, and quality of research.…”

“…Time constraints are a serious barrier in research utilisation [9,[11][12][13]. Time to read, evaluate, analyse, disseminate, and implement research evidence is another barrier cited by nurses in many countries.…”

Evidence-based practice in chiropractic practice: A survey of chiropractors’ knowledge, skills, use of research literature and barriers to the use of research evidence

“…The most commonly reported barrier is limited time, which constrains the identification and interpretation of research evidence, as well as the ability to apply research findings in clinical practice [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Other common barriers include an inability to determine the legitimacy of research findings; deficient information retrieval skills; insufficient research literature on specific patient problems; lack of generalisability of research findings; and an inability to incorporate patient preferences into the decisionmaking process [5,6,11,13,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26].…”

An attempt to improve nurses’ interest in and use of research in clinical practice by means of network support to ‘facilitator nurses’

“…However, there is a great amount of literature reporting that this new research-based knowledge seldom reaches nurses in clinical work [4,5] . Different reasons of individual and organisational nature have been reported, such as lack of time, lack of interest or knowledge among the nursing personnel, lack of authority and organisational support [6][7][8] hindering workplace culture [9,10] , and leadership attitudes [5,11] .…”