Providing education on evidence-based practice improved knowledge but did not change behaviour: a before and after study

Table 7 Differences over time in proportions reporting barriers to evidence-based practice (n, %), Friedman's Test

Key barriers	Time 1 Pre-Workshop (n = 114)	Time 2 Post-Workshop (n = 106)	Time 3 Follow-up (n = 51)	DF	χ²	P value
Lack of time #	86 (75%)	100 (94%)	45 (88%)	2	12.8	0.002**
Large workload/caseload	76 (67%)	79 (75%)	31 (61%)	2	1.1	0.568
Limited critical appraisal skills	68 (60%)	69 (65%)	21 (41%)	2	9.2	0.010**
Limited searching skills	69 (61%)	56 (53%)	12 (24%)	2	20.9	0.0001**
Difficulty accessing journals	51 (45%)	45 (43%)	18 (35%)	2	2.7	0.259

Notes. # Participants were asked to 'list any barriers to implementing or adopting evidence-based practice, which apply to your workplace" and to choose as many items as they wished from a 17-item list. Therefore, numbers do not add up to 100%. **Significant at 0.05.

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