Nurses’ Perceived Barriers to and Facilitators of Research Utilization in Mainland China: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Table 5: Results of Correlation Tests of Nurses’ BARRIERS and FRU Mean Scores and Selected Characteristics

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Mean age	1.00	0.18^a	0.16	0.12	0.11	0.18^a	0.12a
2. Education level		1.00	0.11	0.13	0.10	-0.20^a	0.31^a
3. Year range of post-registration experience			1.00	-0.11	-0.10	0.17^a	0.10
4 Nursing research course undertaken^#				1.00	0.34 b	-0.29^a	0.14
5 Participation in research^#					1.00	-0.12	0.13
6 BARRIERS						1.00	-0.28^b
7 FRU							1.00

^a Significant correlation between two variables is denoted, with p≤ 0.05

^b Significant correlation between two variables is denoted, with p≤ 0.01.

^# Point bi-serial correlation test was used to test its relationship with the BARRIERS and FRU mean scores.

BARRIERS: Barriers to Research Utilization scale; FRU: Facilitators of Research Utilization scale.