Research Article

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

Table 5

Factors influencing perceptions of barriers from univariate analysis: continuous variables ().

Clinical experience (years)Research experience
123YesNo
Mean (SD)Mean (SD)

BARRIERS Total Scale3.13 (0.46)3.02 (0.45)3.08 (0.48)3.01 (0.45)3.13 (0.49)
= 7.951 = 3.088
LSD pairwise comparison: 1 : 2; 1 : 3

Nurse2.97 (0.52)2.89 (0.48)2.83 (0.57)2.87 (0.48)2.98 (0.55)
= 3.504 = 2.586
LSD pairwise comparison: 1 : 3

Setting3.12 (0.57)3.01 (0.55)2.97 (0.63)2.97 (0.54)3.15 (0.59)
= 3.815 = 4.059
LSD pairwise comparison: 1 : 3

Presentation3.15 (0.58)3.02 (0.58)3.08 (0.66)3.14 (0.61)3.00 (0.58)
= 11.895 = 2.978
LSD pairwise comparison: 1 : 2; 2 : 3; 1 : 3

Research3.33 (0.55)3.19 (0.56)3.16 (0.66)3.027 (0.57)3.28 (0.58)
= 5.220 = 0.151
LSD pairwise comparison: 1 : 2; 1 : 3

Note. 1: clinical experience less than 10 years; 2: clinical experience from 10 to 15 years; 3: clinical experience more than 15 years; .