Evaluation of evidence-based practice learning among undergraduate nursing students: Relationship between self-reported and objective assessment

Ruzafa Martinez, Maria; Leal Costa, César; García González, Jessica; Sánchez Torrano, María; Ramos Morcillo, Antonio Jesús

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Evaluation of evidence-based practice learning among undergraduate nursing students: Relationship between self-reported and objective assessment

dc.contributor.author	Ruzafa Martinez, Maria
dc.contributor.author	Leal Costa, César
dc.contributor.author	García González, Jessica
dc.contributor.author	Sánchez Torrano, María
dc.contributor.author	Ramos Morcillo, Antonio Jesús
dc.contributor.department	Enfermería
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-28T12:35:55Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-28T12:35:55Z
dc.date.issued	2021-10
dc.description	©2021. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This document is the, Accepted, version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Nurse Education Today 1. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.105040	es
dc.description.abstract	Abstract Background: Self-reported scales and objective measurement tools are used to assess Evidence-based Practice (EBP) learning. An agreement between these measures has not been widely investigated among nursing students. Objective: The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between EBP competency in undergraduate nursing students, defined as the capability to choose and use an integrated combination of EBP knowledge, skills and attitudes, evaluated with the self-reported EBP-COQ questionnaire and the final test score of an EBP course included in a Nursing Degree Program. Design: A cross-sectional study was carried out. Settings: University of Murcia (Spain), Nursing Degree, academic year 2019/2020. Participants: The study population was comprised by 210 4th-year undergraduate nursing students enrolled in the Clinical Practice and Evidence-based Nursing course. All the students were invited to participate. Methods: A validated EBP-COQ questionnaire (1 "lowest score" to 5 "highest score") and an objective test (score from 0 to 10) were used to assess EBP competency. The SPSS 26.0 program was used to perform descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analyses. Results: 152 students participated (response rate 72.4%), the sample was 81.4% female, and the median age was 20 years old; 76.3% attended more than 75% of the class hours. After the EBP course, the students obtained a high overall EBP competency score (mean = 4.21; SD = 0.26). The mean score on the objective test was 6.86 (SD = 1.36). A moderate positive correlation was found between the subjective and objective EBP competency measurements (Pearson's correlation coefficient 0.5; p < 0.0001). Conclusions: Our findings contribute with new and significant evidence of the convergent validity of the EBP-COQ questionnaire, which increases the value of this instrument for evaluating the EBP competency of Nursing Degree students.	es
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dc.identifier.citation	Nurse Education Today
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.105040
dc.identifier.issn	0260-6917
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/137851
dc.language	eng	es
dc.relation	Sin financiación externa a la Universidad	es
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	es
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Self-perceived	es
dc.subject	Undergraduate nursing students.	es
dc.subject	Objectively measured competence	es
dc.subject	Evidence-based practice	es
dc.subject	Correlation	es
dc.subject	Competence assessment	es
dc.title	Evaluation of evidence-based practice learning among undergraduate nursing students: Relationship between self-reported and objective assessment	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
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