Effects of a Self-efficacy Promoting Program on Research Utilization among Professional Nurses in Community Hospitals
Keywords:
Self-efficacy promoting program, Research utilization, Community hospitalAbstract
Background and Objectives Research utilization is a necessary competency for professional nurses in community hospitals. This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effects of a self-efficacy promoting program on research utilization among professional nurses in community hospitals.
Methods The sample group consisted of 60 professional nurses from two community hospitals under the Yala Provincial Public Health Office, divided into an experimental group of 30 people and a control group of 30 people, selected through purposive sampling. The instruments used in the experiment included the self-efficacy promoting program on research utilization among professional nurses in community hospitals, which was content-validated by 3 experts, and data collection tools consisting of a general information questionnaire and a self-efficacy questionnaire for nurses, with content validity indices of 0.80 and 0.88, respectively, and reliability. Part 2 had a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.92. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation, and inferential statistics, including independent t-tests and paired t-tests.
Results The research results found that after participating in the program, the experimental group had an average score of self-efficacy on research utilization (M = 4.26, S.D. = 0.30) higher than before receiving the program (M = 2.73, S.D. = 0.46), which was significant at the .05 level. After participating in the program, the experimental group's average self-efficacy score on research utilization (M = 4.26, S.D. = 0.30) was significantly higher than the control group's score (M = 2.92, S.D. = 0.41) at the 0.05 level.
Conclusion and Recommendation This research results indicates that this program can be promoted to encourage nurses in community hospitals to utilize research in nursing development.
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