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Table 4 Reported Cronbach’s alphas for measures (n = 21) across settings [related citations]

From: Measures of evidence-informed decision-making competence attributes: a psychometric systematic review

Measure

Acute care

Primary care

Public health

Home health

Long-term care

Not specified

Measures assessingfourEIDM competence attributes

School Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire

N/A

N/A

α = 0.85–0.88

1 study [67]

N/A

N/A

N/A

EBPQ

α = 0.63–0.99

28 studies

[30, 32, 34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41, 43, 45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54, 56, 58,59,60, 62, 64, 65]

α = 0.694–0.98

5 studies

[38, 50, 53, 55, 57]

N/A

N/A

α = 0.79–0.96

1 study [53]

α = 0.74–0.98

2 studies

[30, 38]

Measures assessingthreeEIDM competence attributes

Quick EBP Values, Implementation, Knowledge Survey (VIK)

α = 0.66–0.96

2 studies [75, 76]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Persian translated EBP measure

α = 0.89–0.93

1 study [70]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Modified Evidence-Based Nursing

Education Questionnaire (EBEQ)

α = 0.57–0.91

1 study [74]

α = 0.57–0.91

1 study [74]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Self-developed measure by Yip et al.

α = 0.69–0.90

1 study [71]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Measures assessingtwoEIDM competence attributes

EBP measure developed by Majid et al. [78]

α = 0.71–0.94

2 studies [35, 79]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Knowledge and Skills in Evidence-Based Nursing

α = 0.96

1 study [82]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Modified Stevens EBP Readiness Inventory (ERI) (Finnish ERI)

α = 0.98

1 study [80]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Measures assessingoneEIDM competence attribute

EBP Beliefs Scale

α = 0.776–0.95

27 studies

[50, 59, 85,86,87, 92, 93, 95,96,97, 100, 102, 103, 105,106,107, 109, 110, 112, 113, 115,116,117,118,119, 127, 128, 130,131,132]

α = 0.88–0.92

2 studies

[50, 106]

Not reported

Not reported

N/A

α = 0.90

1 study

[84]

EBP Implementation Scale

α = 0.85–0.969

21 studies

[50, 59, 85, 86, 92, 93, 95,96,97, 100, 102, 103, 105,106,107, 109, 110, 112, 113, 116,117,118,119]

α = 0.88–0.96

2 studies

[50, 106]

Not reported

Not reported

N/A

α = 0.96

1 study

[84]

DEBPQ

α = 0.77–0.913

3 studies

[122, 123, 126]

α = 0.83–0.914

3 studies

[122, 124, 125]

α = 0.788–0.913

3 studies

[8, 122, 125]

α = 0.865

1 study

[8]

N/A

N/A

Evidence-based Nursing Attitude Questionnaire

α = 0.45–0.82

1 study [136]

α = 0.63–0.86

1 study [135]

N/A

α = 0.63–0.86

1 study [135]

N/A

N/A

EBP Attitudes Scale

α = 0.771–0.794

1 study [32]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

EBP Confidence Scale

α = 0.897–0.912

1 study [32]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

EBP Competency Scale

α = 0.98

1 study [10]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Attitudes to Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire

α = 0.973

1 study [33]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Modified Korean Evidence-Based Medicine Questionnaire

α = 0.85

1 study [134]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Information literacy tool

α = 0.93

1 study [59]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Perceived EBP Knowledge Measure

α = 0.80

1 study [137]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Self-developed measure by Bostrom et al.

α = 0.90

1 study [120]

α = 0.90

1 study [120]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A