Psychometric Evaluation of Iranian Version of the Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire (EBPQ): A Methodological Study

There are different tools for assessing evidence-based practice in nursing in Iran, however, there are some limitations in each of them, and they do not examine EBP comprehensively.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of EBPQ.
This study was a methodological research on 300 nurses working in Guilan province (Iran). A cluster sampling was done. After a forward-backward translation, the questionnaire was translated into Persian and its psychometric evaluation was done.
CVIs for all items were ≥ 0.8 and CVRs were ≥ 0.63. All of the impact scores were > 1.5. Cronbach’s alpha of the scale was 0.92. The ICC test was 0.96 and significant (P This study introduces the evidence-based practice questionnaire (EBPQ) as a valid and reliable tool to assess the status of evidence-based practice among nurses in Iran.