Developing Student Evidence‐Based Practice Questionnaire (S‐EBPQ) for undergraduate nursing students: Reliability and validity of a Chinese adaptation

Abstract

The newly cross-culturally adapted S-EBPQ possesses adequate validity, test-retest reliability, and internal consistency and therefore may be utilized in nursing education to assess EBP of undergraduate nursing students in Mainland China.

Psychometric Evaluation of the Korean Version of the Student Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire (S-EBPQ)

“…Although the revised model exhibited a better fit, the CFA indices indicated that the 4-factor structure did not fit well with the data. This result differed from the findings of previous studies in Australia and China in that the fit indices indicated that the four factors fit the data well [11,12]. Such differences may be due to the sample characteristics with different educational backgrounds.…”

“…It was consistent with those of the original S-EBPQ and previous studies [10e13]. The explanatory power of the 4-factor model was 66.26%, which was similar to the findings in previous studies [12,13]. In addition, there was no cross-loaded item.…”

“…In addition, there was no cross-loaded item. This result was similar to the finding of one previous study [12] but differed from the finding of another study showing that Item 6 was cross-loaded between two factors of "Frequency of Practice" and "Sharing and applying EBP." [11] Although the Australian study removed the cross-loaded item [11], we retained all items based on the EFA results.…”

“…Additionally, our sample size was slightly smaller than the generally recommended sample size of at least 300 [25]. It might result in a less strong model fit than in previous studies [11,12].…”

“…China's nursing education comprises various levels, such as a three-year nursing program for the Diploma, a three-year associate nursing degree program for the Advanced Diploma, and a five-year bachelor of the nursing program, based on a biomedical model [33,34]. Participants in the Chinese study were undergraduate nursing students in a bachelor's program [12]. Korea's undergraduate nursing curriculum has a four-year duration; although EBP education is not mandatory in the undergraduate program, recent attempts have been made to implement it as an independent subject [35,36].…”