University of Western Ontario, Arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Building, Room 222 London, Ontario, N6A 5B9, Canada.
Implement Sci. 2009 Jul 23;4:46. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-4-46.
'Is research working for you? A self-assessment tool and discussion guide for health services management and policy organizations', developed by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, is a tool that can help organizations understand their capacity to acquire, assess, adapt, and apply research. Objectives were to: determine whether the tool demonstrated response variability; describe how the tool differentiated between organizations that were known to be lower-end or higher-end research users; and describe the potential usability of the tool.
Thirty-two focus groups were conducted among four sectors of Canadian health organizations. In the first hour of the focus group, participants individually completed the tool and then derived a group consensus ranking on items. In the second hour, the facilitator asked about overall impressions of the tool, to identify insights that emerged during the review of items on the tool and to elicit comments on research utilization. Discussion data were analyzed qualitatively, and individual and consensus item scores were analyzed using descriptive and non-parametric statistics.
The tool demonstrated good usability and strong response variability. Differences between higher-end and lower-end research use organizations on scores suggested that this tool has adequate discriminant validity. The group discussion based on the tool was the more useful aspect of the exercise, rather than the actual score assigned.
The tool can serve as a catalyst for an important discussion about research use at the organizational level; such a discussion, in and of itself, demonstrates potential as an intervention to encourage processes and supports for research translation.
“研究是否对你有效？ 用于卫生服务管理和政策组织的自我评估工具和讨论指南”是由加拿大卫生服务研究基金会开发的工具，可帮助组织了解其获取、评估、调整和应用研究的能力。目的是：确定该工具是否表现出响应变化；描述该工具如何区分已知的低端或高端研究用户的组织；并描述该工具的潜在可用性。
在加拿大卫生组织的四个部门中进行了 32 个焦点小组。在焦点小组的第一个小时，参与者单独完成了工具，然后就项目达成了共识排名。在第二个小时，主持人询问了对工具的总体印象，以确定在审查工具上的项目时出现的见解，并征求对研究利用的意见。讨论数据进行了定性分析，个体和共识项目得分使用描述性和非参数统计进行分析。
该工具具有良好的可用性和很强的响应变化性。在得分上，高端和低端研究使用组织之间的差异表明该工具具有足够的判别效度。基于工具的小组讨论是该练习更有用的方面，而不是实际分配的分数。
该工具可以作为在组织层面上讨论研究利用的催化剂；这种讨论本身就有可能作为一种干预措施，鼓励研究转化的过程和支持。
