Evidence-based Practice Attitudes Scale

The EBPAS-15 has been used within implementation studies worldwide.
Below is a selection of those publications.

 

Bahrain - used English version
Al Saif F, Al Shakhoori H, Nooh S, Jahrami H. (2019) Association between attitudes of stigma toward mental illness and attitudes toward adoption of evidence-based practice within health care providers in Bahrain. PLoS ONE 14(12): e0225738. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225738

Chinese
Kim, M. (2019). Assessing attitudes towards evidence-based practice among social workers in Hong Kong. Journal of Social Work, 19(6), 769–788. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017318784077

Dutch
van Sonsbeek, M.A.M.S., Hutschemaekers, G.J.M., Veerman, J.W., Kleinjan, M., Aarons, G.A., Tiemans, B.G. (2015). Psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS). Health Research Policy and Systems, 13(69). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-015-0058-z

German
James, S., Lampe, L., Behnken, S., Schulz, D. (2019). Evidence-based practice and knowledge utilisation – a study of attitudes and practices among social workers in Germany. European Journal of Social Work, 22(5), 763-777, DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2018.1469475

Icelandic
Arnadottir, S.A., Gudjonsdottir, B. (2016) Icelandic physical therapists' attitudes toward adoption of new knowledge and evidence-based practice: Cross-sectional web-based survey. Physical Therapy, 96(11), 1724–1733, https://doi.org/10.2522/ptj.20150428

Gudjonsdottir, B., Arnadottir, H.A., Gudmundsson, H.S., Juliusdottir, S., Arnadottir, S.A. Attitudes toward adoption of evidence-based practice among physical therapists and social workers: A lesson for interprofessional continuing education. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 37(1), 37-45. doi: 10.1097/CEH.0000000000000139

Norwegian
Egeland, K.M., Ruud, T., Ogden, T. , Lindstrøm, J.C., Sverdvik-Heiervang, K. (2016). Psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS): To measure implementation readiness. Health Research Policy and Systems, 14(47). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-016-0114-3

Swedish
Santesson, A.H.E., Bäckström, M., Holmberg, R. Perrin, S., Jarbin, H. (2020) Confirmatory factor analysis of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS) in a large and representative Swedish sample: Is the use of the total scale and subscale scores justified?. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 20(254). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-020-01126-4

Skavberg-Roaldsen, K., Halvarsson, A. (2019). Reliability of the Swedish version of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale assessing physiotherapist’s attitudes to implementation of evidence-based practice. PLoS ONE 14(11): e0225467. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225467