title: Predictors of nurses' perceptions of barriers to research utilization.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify predictors of nurses' self-reported barriers to using research findings in clinical practice.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Several studies have shown that nurses perceive barriers to research utilization but to our knowledge predictors of nurses perceptions of barriers to research utilization have not been identified before.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three questionnaires were answered by 833 nurses: the Barriers Scale, the Quality Work Competence questionnaire and a questionnaire including questions on professional issues.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Dissatisfaction with support from immediate superiors for participating in research and/or development projects, having no academic degree and unclear and unrealistic workplace goals were identified as factors increasing the risk of perceiving barriers to the use of research findings in clinical practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results imply that head nurses, nursing managers and other health care leaders should create strategies for supporting nurses' professional development and possibilities to implement research findings in clinical practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To support research utilization and evidence-based care health care leaders, head nurses and nurse managers should create clear and realistic goals for the work place including demands on evidence-based care. It is also important for head nurses and nurse managers to create strategies for supporting nurses' professional development and possibilities to implement research findings in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, , Huddinge, Sweden. kerstin.nilsson.kajermo@ki.se
authors.forename: Kerstin Nilsson
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Kajermo
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Undén
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gardulf
authors.forename: Lars E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: Marie-Louise
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Orton
authors.forename: Bengt B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Arnetz
authors.forename: Gun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nordström
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden