title: Readiness for and predictors of evidence-based practice in Greek healthcare settings.
abstract: Implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) remains limited in healthcare settings and knowledge of predictors of healthcare professionals' EBP activities is lacking.
  
  
  
  To describe nurses' readiness for EBP and identify related predictors in Greek healthcare settings.
  
  
  
  Nurses scored high in the EBP readiness scale reflecting significant positive readiness toward EBP and consistently reported favorable attitudes toward and beliefs about EBP. However, half of them were unsure about their ability to engage in EBP despite the fact that they valued research-based practice as important. EBP specific domains including the "EBP-attitude", the "EBP-knowledge", the "informational needs" and the "workplace culture" and nurses' demographics as well, were found to be strong predictors of EBP readiness among Greek nurses.
  
  
  
  As nurses are now more aware of and open to the idea of EBP, diverse strategies and well-designed interventions to facilitate the desired change to practice are needed.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 11527. Electronic address: athina.patelarou@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Athina E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Patelarou
authors.affiliation: St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, SE1 7EH.
authors.forename: Aggelos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laliotis
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 11527.
authors.forename: Hero
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brokalaki
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 71305.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Petrakis
authors.affiliation: Department of Political Sciences, University of Crete, Crete, Greece, 74100.
authors.forename: Vassilis
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dafermos
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 11527.
authors.forename: Evmorfia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koukia
mesh_terms: D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006115:Greece; D009740:Nursing Staff
keywords: Attitudes; Evidence-based practice; Healthcare professionals; Nursing; Readiness