Reliability of the Swedish version of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale assessing physiotherapist's attitudes to implementation of evidence-based practice.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To translate and apply a cross-cultural adaptation of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS) in Swedish and investigate its absolute and relative reliability.

Methods

The original EBPAS (a questionnaire assessing health professionals' attitudes to implementation of evidence-based practice) was translated into Swedish using a forward and backward procedure, including a group discussion and expert committee. To assess reliability, 55 physiotherapists (48 women) aged 23-64 years from different clinical settings in the Stockholm region answered the EBPAS by postal survey twice within an interval of 2 weeks.

Results

The Cronbach's alpha values for EBPAS were >0.721. The intraclass correlation (ICC) between test and retest (relative reliability) was mode

SUBMITTER: Skavberg Roaldsen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6876878 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature