Table 2 Overview of the results: system levels, categories and explanation of the categories
System level | Categories | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
Individual level | Attitudes and motivation concerning research use | Positive attitudes and motivation to use research in clinical practice are supportive to research use |
| Â | Research-related knowledge and skills | Knowledge and skills for tasks such as appraising research studies and assessing the strength of evidence are supportive to research use |
Workplace level | Leadership support | Formal and informal leadership support and directives on a research-informed clinical practice are supportive to research use |
| Â | Organizational culture | An organizational culture that fosters learning and competence development is supportive to research use |
| Â | Research-related resources | Availability of various resources, such as access to research, time, and financial and personnel resources, is supportive to research use |
| Â | Knowledge exchange | Knowledge exchange with other clinicians and patients is supportive to research use |
Extra-organizational level | EBP guidelines | Availability of various guidelines to assist decisions about appropriate treatment is supportive to research use |
| Â | Involvement in external meetings, networks, and conferences | Discussion and interaction with external physiotherapists on research matters are supportive to research use |
| Â | Involvement in academic research and education | Interaction and engagement with research and teaching activities are supportive to research use |