The development and content validity testing of the Quick-EBP-VIK: A survey instrument measuring nurses’ values, knowledge and implementation of evidence-based practice

Abstract

Objective: A validated survey tool that concisely measures nurses' values, knowledge and implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) is needed to develop needs-based curricula for continuing nurse education. Purpose: Develop a succinct measurement instrument, the Quick-EBP-VIK, assessing nurses' values, implementation and knowledge of EBP, to establish face and content validity. Methods: In Phase I-Review of the existing literature to establish topic domains, developed and refined questions. Phase II established face validity, and Phase III content validity using EBP experts as raters. Results and conclusions: Twenty-five questions met the clarity and relevance criteria with content validity indices of > 0.80. Questions were critically evaluated by EBP experts from both academic and clinical settings across the country for relevance and clarity and revised when indicated. The use of EBP experts and content validity indices resulted in a final survey instrument, measuring nurses' values, knowledge and implementation of EBP.

Measuring Nurses’ Value, Implementation, and Knowledge of Evidence‐Based Practice: Further Psychometric Testing of the Quick‐EBP‐VIK Survey

“…An extensive discussion of each instrument took place. No instrument sufficiently and concisely assessed all domains of the EBP process that the committee members identified as important (Paul et al., ). The committee considered knowledge to be a necessary domain; no tool specifically assessed knowledge as a separate domain.…”

“…The purpose of this paper is to describe the psychometric testing, specifically, internal consistency, construct validity and test–retest reliability through known‐groups validity, of the Quick‐EBP‐VIK survey instrument. The Quick‐EBP‐VIK is a 25‐item instrument developed to measure nurses’ value, implementation, and knowledge of evidence‐based practice (EBP; Paul, Connor, McCabe, & Ziniel, ).…”

Questionnaire to Evaluate the Competency in Evidence‐Based Practice of Registered Nurses (EBP‐COQ Prof©): Development and Psychometric Validation

“…The advantages of EBP-COQ Prof© over existing questionnaires include the improvement of methodological weaknesses related to an inadequate description of validation processes or of the metric properties or dimensions considered (Connor et al, 2017;Leung et al, 2014Leung et al, , 2018Paul et al, 2016). In addition, the development of items was based on an updated EBP competency framework for nurses (Melnyk, Gallagher-Ford, Long, et al, 2014).…”

Translation, cultural adaptation, validation, and reliability study of the Quick‐EBP‐VIK instrument: Chinese version

“…By implementing the instrument, indicating specific fields of EBP that should be paid particular attention to is instructive for the formulation of effective education strategies, which could improve the integration of EBP into practice. Also, it may be used as a continuous assessment of EBP culture as reflected by value, knowledge, and implementation in nursing in an organization . And it can be used to assist in assessing the effectiveness of educational efforts prior and post action of hospital EBP programs.…”

“…The Quick‐EBP‐VIK survey, originally developed by a team in the United States, is one of the existing instruments available for assessing EBP. It is a new validated tool that concisely assess nurses' values, knowledge, and implementation of EBP . According to the criteria proposed in the literature for “pragmatic” measures, the Quick‐EBP‐VIK is sufficiently of potential for being pragmatic as a newly developed evaluation tool.…”