Barriers to Research Utilization among Registered Nurses in Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Survey in China

Table 3

Barriers items in rank order ().

Items	Subscale	Rating item as		Rank order
		moderate or great
		barrier (%)
There is insufficient time on the job to implement new ideas	Setting	381	58.8	1
The nurse is isolated from knowledgeable colleagues with whom to discuss the research	Nurse	372	57.5	2
The amount of research information is overwhelming	Research	348	53.7	3
The nurse does not have time to read research	Setting	345	53.2	4
The research is not relevant to the nurse's practice	Research	343	52.9	5
The research has methodological inadequacies	Research	341	52.6	6
The facilities are inadequate for implementation	Setting	338	52.1	7
The nurse is uncertain whether to believe the results of the research	Research	301	46.4	8
The nurse does not feel capable of evaluating the research	Nurse	288	44.4	9
Research reports/articles are not published fast enough	Research	287	44.3	10
The nurse does not feel she/he has enough authority to change patient care procedures	Setting	280	43.2	11
Research reports/articles are not readily available	Presentation	271	41.8	12
The literature reports conflicting results	Research	271	41.8	12
The relevant literature is not compiled in one place	Presentation	269	41.5	14
There is not a documented need to change practice	Nurse	254	39.2	15
The statistical analyses are not understandable	Presentation	234	36.1	16
Implications for practice are not made clear	Presentation	224	34.5	17
The conclusions drawn from the research are not justified	Research	222	34.3	18
The nurse does not see the value of research for practice	Nurse	217	33.5	19
Physicians will not cooperate with implementation	Setting	198	30.8	20
The research is not reported clearly and readably	Presentation	193	29.7	21
The nurses feel the results are not generalisable to their own setting	Setting	184	28.4	22
Other staffs are not supportive of implementation	Setting	139	21.4	23
The nurse sees little benefit for himself or herself	Nurse	130	20.1	24
The research has not been replicated	Presentation	125	19.3	25
The nurse feels the benefits of changing practice will be minimal	Nurse	114	17.5	26
Administration will not allow implementation	Setting	113	17.4	27
The nurse is unaware of the research	Nurse	110	17	28
The nurse is unwilling to change new ideas	Nurse	62	9.6	29
The nurse is unwilling to try new ideas	Nurse	62	9.6	30

Two items had the same percent ranking.