Research Article

Attitude, Knowledge, and Practice on Evidence-Based Nursing among Registered Nurses in Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospitals: A Multiple Center Cross-Sectional Survey in China

Table 3

Correlations between the nurses’ demographic variables and their scores on the EBPQ by subscale ().

Characteristics Questionnaire mean score ± SD
PracticeAttitudesKnowledge/skillsTotal EBPQ

Clinical experience
 <10 years
 10~15 years
 >15 years
P value0.1150.4690.0360.078
Nursing administrator
 Yes 4.33 (1.18)5.00 (0.96)4.40 (0.86)4.48 (0.82)
 No4.05 (1.03)4.72 (1.01)4.14 (0.84)4.22 (09.78)
P value0.0750.0230.0220.009
Attitude to nursing
 Like
 Neither like nor dislike
 Dislike
P value0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001
Research experience
 Yes
 No
P value0.7100.0270.0120.038
Self-perceived working pressure
 No pressure at all4.334.253.573.88
 A little 5.3354.294.67
 Just so-so
 Moderate
 Great pressure
P value0.696<0.0010.0810.127

Note. SD: standard deviation.