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Development of an Instrument to
Measure Research Utilization
Carole Estabrooks RN, PhD (PI)
Presented by:
Shannon Scott-Findlay RN, PhD candidate (CoI)
Lesa Chizawsky RN, BScN
AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
Seattle, WA
June, 2006
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Funding
Study funding:
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Presenter funding:
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Shannon Scott-Findlay RN, MN, PhD (candidate)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR)
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Lesa Chizawsky RN, BScN
• Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR)
• Center for Knowledge Transfer
• Mary Louise Imrie Graduate Student Award
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Background
• What is Research Utilization?
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Instrumental
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Conceptual
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Symbolic/Persuasive
• What is the state of the research utilization
science?
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Existing Approaches to Measuring
Research Utilization
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• A variety of approaches exist
• Approach varies from discipline to discipline
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Nursing
Medicine
Other
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Study Objectives
1. Clarify and validate the construct of
research utilization (RU) in nursing
2. Develop observable indicators of RU
3. From the indicators, develop a set of items
that measure RU
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Study Timeline
Expert
Panel
Focus
Group
Round 1
Focus
Group
Round 2
Construct
clarification
Research
Team
Indicator
development
Pilot
Instrument
Item
development
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High
Conceptual
Thinking
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Expert Panel
Model
Observable Application
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Instrumental
Thinking
Low
Instrumental
Low
Conceptual
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Themes Identified
Focus Groups – Round 1
Research Utilization
Definitions
Terminology
Conceptual vs. Instrumental RU
Model
Indicators
Examples of RU
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Results to Date
• Symbolic RU enveloped by conceptual RU
• Support for instrumental research utilization.
• Questioning conceptual research utilization.
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Are conceptual RU and critical thinking similar or
even the same concepts?
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Future Directions
• The successful development of a valid and
reliable tool to measure research utilization
will…
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enable relatively straightforward assessment of
the success of interventions targeted at
increasing research utilization.
enable more organizationally focused
assessments.
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Acknowledgments
Dr. Carole Estabrooks RN, PhD - PI
Dr. Joanne Profetto-McGrath RN, PhD - CoI
Dr. Dwight Harley PhD - CoI
Dr Anne Hofmeyer RN, PhD – CoI
Margaret Milner RN, MN – Research Manager
Tina O’Donnell PhD (c) – Project Coordinator
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