Associations Between Barriers to Implementing Evidence-Based Practice and Patient Safety

Area of Science:

• Nursing
• Healthcare Management
• Patient Safety

Background:

• Limited research exists on barriers to evidence-based practice (EBP) implementation and their link to nurses' patient safety perceptions.
• This study aimed to identify EBP barriers and their association with perceived patient safety and reported event frequency among nurses.

Discussion:

• Findings indicate a complex relationship between EBP barriers and patient safety outcomes.
• Nurses perceiving greater difficulty in accessing research reported higher patient safety perceptions.
• Conversely, nurses facing more challenges in practice change reported a higher frequency of adverse events.

Key Insights:

• Over half of nurses surveyed in Muscat, Oman, held positive views on patient safety.
• Barriers to research accessibility correlate positively with patient safety perception.
• Barriers to practice change correlate positively with the frequency of reported patient safety events.

Outlook:

• Hospital policies and strategies must integrate interventions to mitigate EBP barriers.
• Focusing on enhancing research utilization and facilitating practice change is recommended.
• These targeted interventions can improve nurses' patient safety perceptions and reduce event reporting frequency.