Barreras en la implementación de los resultados de investigación en la práctica

Objective: to identify the barriers for the application of research in practice, by Nursing academics and university students.Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study, including n=27 academics (all the eligible staff) and n= 229 Nursing students randomly selected. A questionnaire on sociodemographic and training data was administered, and the Barriers scale, which integrates characteristics of the professional, characteristics of the organization, quality of research, presentation and accessibility of information; and the perception that the amount of research is “overwhelming”. A higher score from 1 to 4 shows the higher degree in which each factor is perceived as a barrier.Results: the study included 17 academics and 229 students. In the group of academics, the most identified barriers were: “Nursing staff does not feel they have enough authority in order to change the care for a patient” (mean= 3.17; SD= 0.80) and “The Nursing staff sees limited benefits in research for their professional activity” (mean= 3.11; SD = 0.85). On the other hand, the most identified barriers in the student group were: “The amount of research information is overwhelming” (mean= 2.36; SD= 1.23) and “The premises are not adequate for its implementation”. Academics identified a significantly higher number of barriers than students (p< 0.001) for all factors, except for Quality of research (p= 0.676).Conclusions: there was a prevalence of barriers for the use of research associated with the characteristics of the organization and the professionals, which coincided with those reported by other studies conducted with Nursing professionals and/or students.