Individual determinants of research utilization by nurses: a systematic review update.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interventions that have a better than random chance of increasing nurses' use of research are important to the delivery of quality patient care. However, few reports exist of successful research utilization in nursing interventions. Systematic identification and evaluation of individual characteristics associated with and predicting research utilization may inform the development of research utilization interventions.

Objective

To update the evidence published in a previous systematic review on individual characteristics influencing research utilization by nurses.

Methods

As part of a larger systematic review on research utilization instruments, 12 online bibliographic databases were searched. Hand searching of specialized journals and an ancestry search wa

SUBMITTER: Squires JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3024963 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature