Table 4 Level two self-report research utilization measures (two validity sources), n = 16 measures

Nurses Practice Questionnaire

[33, 34]

Nurses/Hospitals/USA

√

√

[59]

Nurses/Education/USA

√

[32]

Nurses/Variety/Sweden

√

√

[60]

Nurses/Hospitals/USA

√

√

[61]

Nurses/Hospitals/USA

√

√

[30, 31]

Nurses/Hospitals/UK

√

√

√

[62]

Nurses/Variety/USA

√

√

[63]

Nurses/Hospitals/Canada

√

√

[35]

Nurses/Hospitals/USA

√

Knott and Wildvasky

[20]

Leaders/Variety/Canada

√

√

Other General Research Utilization Indices*

[101]

Nurses/Hospitals/USA

√

√

[102]

Allied/Community/USA

√

√

[105]

Allied/Variety/Sweden

√

√

[104]

Allied/Not Reported/USA

√

√

Other Specific Practices Indices*

[21]

Leaders/Community/USA

√

√

[17, 18]

Multiple Staff/Hospitals/Africa

√

√

Estabrooks' Kinds of Research Use

[3, 68]

Nurses/Variety/Canada

√

√

NA

√

[74]

Nurses/Hospitals/USA

NA

√

[69]

Nurses/Hospitals/USA, Canada

NA

√

[26, 70]

Nurses/Hospitals/Canada

√

NA

[66]

Allied/Variety/Canada

√

NA

[67]

Nurses/Long-term Care/USA

√

NA

√

[80]

Nurses/Variety/Canada

NA

√

[86]

Nurse Educators/Variety/Canada

NA

Parahoo

[53, 131–134]

Nurses/Hospitals/UK

√

√

NA

[135]

Nurses/Hospitals/Iran

NA

[136]

Nurses/Variety/UK

√

√

NA

Other Single Items*

[139]

Allied/Variety/UK

√

NA

√

[144]

Nurses/Hospitals/Nigeria

√

NA

√

[83]

Nurses/Variety/USA

√

√

NA

[27]

Nurses/Hospitals/Canada

√

NA

√

[88]

Nurses/Hospitals/USA

√

√

NA

[57]

Nurses/Hospitals/Taiwan

√

√

NA