Best practice transfer by public health nurses in Japan: actual conditions and related factors

BMC Nursing

Table 5 Related factors of willingness to perform BPT going forward in the group without experience of BPT (logistic regression analysis)

			N=379
Independent variable	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval	P-value
F: Awareness of the importance of BPT	11.57	3.14–42.60	< 0.001	*
B: Experience of difficulty in project development	5.72	1.92–17.06	0.002	*
E: Expectations for reduced burden by adopting best practice	3.41	1.58–7.36	0.002	*
B: Expectations for best practice in service development	2.98	1.22–7.29	0.017	*
E: Support and systems required to promote BPT: Supervisor’s support	2.82	1.56–5.07	0.001	*
W: Organizational culture that promotes BPT	2.57	1.30–5.09	0.007	*
W: Desire to learn about BPT	2.34	1.16–4.75	0.018	*
B: Sources of best practice: Inquiry to local governments nearby	2.04	1.03–4.03	0.040	*
R: Awareness of the need for criteria to evaluate the quality of practice	1.92	1.05–3.49	0.034	*

Adjustment variables: 4 groups of years of experience as PHN and 2 groups of affiliation; P < 0.05 *
(Years of experience: 5 years or less = 0 as standard. Affiliation: Local government office = 1, Health center = 0)
Category code for each factor: B; Behavior style and experience, W; Workplace environment, F; Facilitating factors,
E; Enhancement factors, R; Realization factors

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