Abstract:
Evidence-based practice is a framework for increasing efficiency in nursing care andimproved patient safety. However, the use of evidence in practice is still rare in psychiatric nursing.This correlational descriptive research aimed to examinine the relationship between attitudes,knowledge/skills, organizational culture, mentorship, and demographic factors to evidence-basedpractices among psychiatric nurses working in psychiatric hospitals in Thailand. The sample consistedof 255 nurses working in psychiatric hospitals under the Thai Department of Mental Health, locatedin service units across the four regions of the country, including the Rajanagarindra Institute of ChildDevelopment, Nakhon Ratchasima Rajanagarindra Psychiatric Hospital, YuwaprasartWaithayopathum Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital, and Suansaranrom Hospital. The datacollection tools included 1) a personal information questionnaire ; 2) the Evidence-Based PracticeQuestionnaire: EBPQ ; 3) Organizational Culture & Readiness for System-wide Integration ofEvidence-Based Practice: OCRSIEP ; and 4) the Evidence-Based Practice Mentorship Scale.Descriptive statistics and Spearmans correlation coefficient were used for data analysis.The findings revealed that:The factors positively correlated with evidence-based practice among psychiatric nurses inThailand were attitude (r = 0.39, p-value <.001), knowledge/skills (r = 0.61, p-value <.001),organizational culture (r = 0.26, p-value <.001), and mentorship (r = 0.16, p-value = 0.011).Demographic factors such as educational level (r = 0.21, p-value <.001) and work experience inpsychiatric and mental health nursing (r = 0.14, p-value = 0.031) were also positively correlated.The results of this research revealed that factors related to evidence-based practice amongpsychiatric nurses can serve as information for developing and promoting evidence-based practiceuse among psychiatric nurses at the individual and organizational levels.