Interés, motivación y barreras para investigar de las residentes de matrona de Cataluña al inicio y final de la residencia

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the attitude, motivation and perceived barriers to research in midwifery resident nurses in Catalonia, at the beginning and end of their training period. Persons/Material and Method: Quasi-experimental pre-post intervention study, aimed at midwifery resident nurses in Catalonia from 2019-2021. Sociodemographic and labor characteristics were studied through an own questionnaire. To study the attitude and motivation towards research, the Cepeda questionnaire was used. To study the barriers to the use of research in nursing, The Barriers to research Utilization Scale adapted to Spanish by Moreno-Casbas was used. Results: During the residency, the reading of scientific literature and research activity increased. The midwives increased their knowledge to carry out research work. No statistically significant differences were observed between the score of the barriers identified at the beginning and end of the residency; however, the barriers related to the characteristics of the professional tend to decrease, and those related to the organization, the quality of the research, the presentation and accessibility of the results, increase. Conclusions: Midwifery residents consider research as their own activity that contributes to the development of the nursing profession. The facilitating elements and the barriers perceived by the midwifery residents match with those identified by nurses from other contexts and seem to remain stable over time.