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

Ruzafa Martínez, María; Fernández Salazar, Serafín; Leal Costa, César; Ramos Morcillo, Antonio Jesús

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

dc.contributor.author	Ruzafa Martínez, María
dc.contributor.author	Fernández Salazar, Serafín
dc.contributor.author	Leal Costa, César
dc.contributor.author	Ramos Morcillo, Antonio Jesús
dc.contributor.department	Enfermería
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-11T11:42:19Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-11T11:42:19Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.description	©2020. 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 Worldviews on Evidence-based Nursing.	es
dc.description.abstract	Background: The availability of valid and reliable instruments, based on current competency frameworks, is essential to respond to the need for accurate measurement of the competency of registered nurses in evidence-based practice (EBP). Aims: To develop and validate a questionnaire capable of measuring EBP competencies in registered nurses following the competency framework developed by Melynk et al. (2014). Methods: The study was developed in two stages: (a) creation of the questionnaire based on an operational definition of the construct, its face, and content validation by 10 experts, and cognitive piloting; (b) psychometric evaluation of the questionnaire by a cross-sectional, and multicenter study between February and November 2018. Analyses were conducted of the questionnaire’s reliability and construct validity (exploratory [EFA] and confirmatory [CFA] fac tor analyses). Results: First phase: The initial version of EBP-COQ© Prof contained 50 items grouped into four dimensions (attitudes, knowledge, skills, and utilization). After two expert validation rounds, a 35-item version was obtained with content validity index of 0.86. Second phase: The questionnaire was completed by 579 nurses; EFA with PROMAX rotation revealed that the four factor model had the best fit (χ2 = 311.32; p = .001, root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] = 0.000, 90% confidence interval [CI] = 0.000 – 0.010; comparative fit index [CFI] = 1), and it showed a good CFA fit index: CFI = 0.932, and RMSEA = 0.093 (90% CI = 0.097 − 0.108). Cronbach’s α for each factor ranged from 0.817 (factor III) to 0.948 (factor II). Linking Evidence to Action: EBP-COQ Prof© is a valid, reliable, and easily administered ques tionnaire that measures the self-perceived competency of registered nurses in EBP based on an updated and specific competency framework. It permits the independent evaluation of at titudes, knowledge, and skills related to EBP and of its utilization in hospital and primary care settings, allowing the monitoring of compliance with EBP	es
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dc.identifier.citation	Worldviews on Evidence-based Nursing, 2020; 17:5, 366–375
dc.identifier.issn	1545-102X
dc.identifier.issn	1741-6787
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/137182
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	Evidence-based practice	es
dc.subject	Validation	es
dc.subject	Competency	es
dc.subject	Nurse	es
dc.subject	Instrument development	es
dc.subject	Questionnaire	es
dc.title	Questionnaire to Evaluate the Competency in Evidence-Based Practice of Registered Nurses (EBP-COQ Prof©): Development and Psychometric Validation	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
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