Design of the EBE-ST Questionnaire among Nursing Students: Multicenter Study from Eight Universities in Spain

Ana Rosa Alconero-Camarero, Carmen Sarabia-Cobo, Montserrat Antonín-Martin, Alicia Borras-Santos, Montserrat Edo-Gual, Vicente Gea-Caballero, José Luis Gómez-Urquiza, José Rafael González-López, María Antonia Martínez-Momblán, Alfonso Meneses-Monroy, Montserrat Montaña-Peironcely, Diego Serrano-Gómez and Azucena Santillán-García
Additional contact information
Ana Rosa Alconero-Camarero: IDIVAL Nursing Research Group, Department of Nursing, University of Cantabria, Avenida Valdecilla s/n, 39005 Santander, Spain
Carmen Sarabia-Cobo: IDIVAL Nursing Research Group, Department of Nursing, University of Cantabria, Avenida Valdecilla s/n, 39005 Santander, Spain
Montserrat Antonín-Martin: Escola Universitària d’Infermeria, Escoles Universitàries Gimbernat, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Avinguda de la Generalitat, Sant Cugat del Vallès, 08174 Barcelona, Spain
Alicia Borras-Santos: Escola Universitària d’Infermeria, Escoles Universitàries Gimbernat, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Avinguda de la Generalitat, Sant Cugat del Vallès, 08174 Barcelona, Spain
Montserrat Edo-Gual: Escola Universitària d’Infermeria, Escoles Universitàries Gimbernat, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Avinguda de la Generalitat, Sant Cugat del Vallès, 08174 Barcelona, Spain
Vicente Gea-Caballero: Nursing School La Fe, Adscript Center of University of Valencia, Research Group GREIACC, Health Research Institut La Fe, Pabellon Docente. Torre H. Avinguda de Fernando Abril Martorell, 106, 46026 Valencia, Spain
José Luis Gómez-Urquiza: Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Granada, Avenida de la Ilustración 60, 18071 Granada, Spain
José Rafael González-López: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, Universidad de Sevilla, C/Avenzoar 6, 41009 Seville, Spain
María Antonia Martínez-Momblán: Escola d’Infermeria, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Campus Bellvitge, Universidad de Barcelona, Carrer de Casanova, 143, 08036 Bellvitge, Spain
Alfonso Meneses-Monroy: Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal, 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Montserrat Montaña-Peironcely: Grup Recerca d’Infermeria, Institut d’Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT), Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Parc del Taulí, 08208 Sabadell, Spain
Diego Serrano-Gómez: Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Burgos, Paseo de los Comendadores, s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain
Azucena Santillán-García: Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Av. Islas Baleares, 3, 09006 Burgos, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 11, 1-11

Abstract: Background: Twenty years after the degree in nursing was introduced in Spain, the subject of evidence-based nursing is still unstructured and unestablished in most faculties. Moreover, there are hardly any rigorous studies at a national level that evaluate the current state of this competence in our faculties. Understanding the starting point is essential for the curricular design to ensure that evidence-based practice is implemented among future professionals. Aim: To design and validate an evidence-based nursing competency questionnaire for fourth-year nursing students. Methods: A specific questionnaire was developed and validated (EBE-ST). A cross-sectional survey design with psychometric validation of an instrument. Participants were 304 senior year nursing students from eight universities in Spain (2020). Results: The EBE-ST questionnaire is composed of 33 items that determine eight factors. It presents adequate reliability and validity (alpha = 0.882), measuring knowledge, attitudes and the practical application of evidence-based practice. Conclusions: We have created an instrument with good psychometric properties to measure evidence-based practice competence among senior nursing students. The heterogeneity of knowledge regarding evidence-based nursing in our country suggests that further reflection is warranted on the incorporation of this topic during undergraduate training. We have designed and validated an evidence-based nursing competency questionnaire specific to nursing students.

Keywords: nursing students; evidence-based nursing; evidence-based practice; nursing education research; validity and reliability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/11/6145/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/11/6145/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:11:p:6145-:d:570161

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().